Cannon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant, 0. D. Cannon, who was at the time of the commission of the homicide county judge of Robertson County, on March 23, 1899, shot and killed deceased, W. A. Gray, for which homicide he was on June 9, 1899, indicted by the grand jury of Robertson County, charging him with murder upon his malice aforethought. The indictment was found at the June term of the District Court of Robertson County.
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Appellant, 0. D. Cannon, who was at the time of the commission of the homicide county judge of Robertson County, on March 23, 1899, shot and killed deceased, W. A. Gray, for which homicide he was on June 9, 1899, indicted by the grand jury of Robertson County, charging him with murder upon his malice aforethought. The indictment was found at the June term of the District Court of Robertson County. On July 10th, and at the same term of the court, the district judge of said Robertson County, acting upon his motion, and reciting that the court was satisfied that a trial alike fair and impartial…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Robertson County for the murder of W. A. Gray, and on July 10, 1899, the judge of said court, of his own motion, changed the venue to Williamson Count, where the Cause was tried at the July term, and appellant was convicted of mnrder in the first degree, his punishment being assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
The Assistant Attorney-General has filed a motion to strike out the statement of facts, because same was not filed within the ten days after the adjournment of the court, as provided by the order of the…
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