Curtis v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. Under an indictment charging him with the murder of George Walton, in Williamson county, Texas, on the twenty-fourth day of December, 1885, the appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment was assessed at seven years’ confinement in the penitentiary. Doctor E. W. Walton, the brother of the deceased, was the first witness for the State.
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Appeal from the District Court of Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. Under an indictment charging him with the murder of George Walton, in Williamson county, Texas, on the twenty-fourth day of December, 1885, the appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment was assessed at seven years’ confinement in the penitentiary. Doctor E. W. Walton, the brother of the deceased, was the first witness for the State. He testified that he was a graduated physician and surgeon, and had been in practice for eight years. He saw the deceased on Christmas day,…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
Appellant was indicted at the July term, A. D. 1886, district court of Williamson county, for the murder *236of George Walton, on December 24, 1885. The wound was inflicted on that day, but Walton did not die until April 13, 1886. In the January term of same court, 1886, appellant had been indicted for assault with intent to murder Walton, and was tried at that term on that indictment, and convicted and punished for an aggravated assault. At the July term, 1886, he was placed upon trial on the second indictment, pleaded, specially, former jeopardy, former acquittal and former…
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