Walker v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. S. Ford. At the December term, 1876, the appellant was indicted for the murder of James Munroe, on August 19, 1876, by striking and cutting him with a hoe. Upon his first trial, which was had at the January term, 1877, he was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and adjudged to suffer death.
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Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. S. Ford. At the December term, 1876, the appellant was indicted for the murder of James Munroe, on August 19, 1876, by striking and cutting him with a hoe. Upon his first trial, which was had at the January term, 1877, he was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and adjudged to suffer death. On his appeal from that judgment to this court, he obtained a new trial on grounds which are disclosed in the report of the case in 2 Texas Ct. App. 326. The second trial was had in June, 1878, and also resulted in the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
On a former appeal, this case was reversed because the court below erred in admitting in evidence the confessions of the defendant, because it appeared that the same had not been made in conformity with the rules prescribed by the statute. Pasc. Dig., arts. 3126, 3127. See 2 Texas Ct. App. 326.
A second trial has resulted in a second conviction of *255murder in the first degree, with the death-penalty. This last conviction was obtained by the State on the fourteenth day of June, 1878, and the case was appealed to and filed at the Austin branch of this court on the tenth day of March, 1879, where…
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