Johnson v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from the Criminal Court of the county of Harris. Tried helow before the Hon. Samuel Dodge. At the February term, 1870, of the Criminal Court of Harris county, an indictment was found and returned against Jake Johnson, John Jemison, Dock Wheeler, and Jules Mitchell, for the murder of B. W. Loveland, on the first of December, 1869. The indictment alleged that the murder was committed with an iron dray pin, and charged Jemison with having struck the fatal blow with it,…
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of the county of Harris. Tried helow before the Hon. Samuel Dodge. At the February term, 1870, of the Criminal Court of Harris county, an indictment was found and returned against Jake Johnson, John Jemison, Dock Wheeler, and Jules Mitchell, for the murder of B. W. Loveland, on the first of December, 1869. The indictment alleged that the murder was committed with an iron dray pin, and charged Jemison with having struck the fatal blow with it, and the other defendants with being present, aiding and abetting. Loveland kept a provision or family grocery store on…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The appellant was tried and convicted for the murder of B. W. Loveland, at the Spring term of the Criminal Court of Harris county.
There are six assignments for error brought to this court, which are as follows:
First—The court erred in overruling the special pleas of the1 defendant to the jurisdiction of the court.
Second—That the court erred in sustaining the exception of the-State tp the pleas of the defendant to the jurisdiction of the court.
Third—The court erred in overruling the special exception to the indictment.
Fourth—The court erred in allowing the State of Texas to take up the case of…
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