Holloway v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before Hon. Sam R. Scott. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant wa's .tried in the District Court of Falls County upon indictment filed January 22, 1903, charging him with the murder of one Robert Goolsby, by shooting him with a pistol.
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Appeal from the District Court of Falls. Tried below before Hon. Sam R. Scott. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant wa's .tried in the District Court of Falls County upon indictment filed January 22, 1903, charging him with the murder of one Robert Goolsby, by shooting him with a pistol. Upon this trial he was convicted of manslaughter, the verdict being for three years imprisonment, upon which judgment was rendered and from which defendant appealed to this court. The evidence shows that the killing occurred in a wagon on…
1Opinion of the Court
HEHDERSOF, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three years; hence this appeal.
Appellant objected to the testimony of "Charley Myers, to the effect that appellant, on the evening of the homicide, and shortly before the same occurred, stated to him, in the store, that no man could beat him (defendant) out of $50 and live. That he would kill him before he got home. This testimony was objected to, on the ground that defendant mentioned no names in connection with said statement, and that, consequently, said…
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