Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From the District. Court of Ellis. Tried below before the Hon. F. L. Hawkins. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder and assessed the lowest punishment.
The sole question is whether or not the court erred in refusing a new trial on the grounds of claimed newly discovered testimony. This claimed newly discovered testimony was that of Of. G. T. Miller to the eifect that he was present at the examining trial of appellant and heard the wife of deceased testify therein; that upon being asked where her two grandsons were when the shooting started, she replied that they were in the room where she was, and that when the shooting started they both ran out of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Graham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Gray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Halliburton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Ethridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
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- Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
- Burkhart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Mejia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922