Campbell v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Mason, on a change of venue from San Saba. Tried below before Hon. W. M. Allison. We take the following general and succinct statement of the case from the printed brief of appellant’s counsel: “On December 2,1889, the appellant, G. W. Campbell, was indicted by the grand jury of San Saba County, Texas, for murder in the first degree, in the killing of Ed.
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Appeal from the District Court of Mason, on a change of venue from San Saba. Tried below before Hon. W. M. Allison. We take the following general and succinct statement of the case from the printed brief of appellant’s counsel: “On December 2,1889, the appellant, G. W. Campbell, was indicted by the grand jury of San Saba County, Texas, for murder in the first degree, in the killing of Ed. Hartman, in San Saba County, on or about the 27th day of November, 1889. “At about fifteen minutes past 12 o’clock m., on the 27th day of November, 1889, the deceased left his house, where he lived with his…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of San Saba County for the murder of one Edward R. Hartman. The district judge of his own motion, owing to the fact, as stated by him, that a trial alike fair to the accused as well as the State could not be had in either the counties of San Saba or Mills, the latter being the next nearest court house to the court house of San Saba, “owing to influential combinations which would deter witnesses from testifying fully and freely,” changed the venue of the case to Mason County. On the trial in the District Court in Mason County…
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