Scott v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from, the District Court of Rusk. Tried below before Hon. A. J. Booty. The appellant was convicted in the first degree for the murder of Zilla Scott, his sister, and was awarded the death penalty. Brief as is the statement of facts in this case, it recites the details of a crime rarely if ever equalled, and certainly not surpassed, in atrocity by any recorded in the annals of criminal trials in this State.
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Appeal from, the District Court of Rusk. Tried below before Hon. A. J. Booty. The appellant was convicted in the first degree for the murder of Zilla Scott, his sister, and was awarded the death penalty. Brief as is the statement of facts in this case, it recites the details of a crime rarely if ever equalled, and certainly not surpassed, in atrocity by any recorded in the annals of criminal trials in this State. Emma Scott, the sister of the defendant and the deceased, testified that at the time of her death the deceased was pregnant, and that, according to current report and belief, the…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Presiding Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment assessing the death penalty.
At the trial a preliminary motion was made to quash the special venire, for certain supposed defects and discrepancies in and between said venire and the copy of the same as served upon the defendant. Though the original venire and the officer’s return upon the same have, by special order of the court, been sent up with the transcript of the record, it has afforded us but little if any light at all upon the subject matter complained of. In so far as we are permitted under the agreement of the Assistant…
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