Carter v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The case is stated in tbe opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. J ustioe Geay
delivered the opinion of the court.
At November term', 1897, of the criminal district court, held at the city of Galveston for the county of Galveston and State of Texas, the grand jury, on November 26, 1897, returned an indictment against Seth Carter for the murder on November 24, 1897, of Bertha Brantley, both being of the negro race. ■
The record states that at March term, 1898, when the case was called for trial, the defendant, in open court, and before he had been arraigned, or bad pleaded to the indictment, presented and read to the court a motion to quash the indictment.
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