Legal Opinion

Roach v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Easton.

1Opinion of the Court

Reeves, Associate Justice.

The court did not err in refusing to give the charge asked by appellant. It was substantially given in the general charge, and the court could not be required to give it again in a different form. The record is badly made up, using words and terms having no application to the case, owing, as must be supposed, to the carelessness of the clerk, and which should have been corrected before the transcript left his office. The expressions referred to occur in the charge of the court, as copied into the record; but as the case will be disposed of on other grounds, it will…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Boon v. F. M. Weathered's AdministratorTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Sartorious v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1852

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Carlile v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  2. Wagley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. West and Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Vickers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  5. Richards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909

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