Jack v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Guadalupe. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Terrell. The appellant was indicted for the murder of his wife, a negro woman named Mcey. The opinion of the court sufficiently states the other facts upon which it is based.
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The appellant was tried in the District Court for Guadalupe county upon an indictment charging him with the murder of a negro woman named Mcey, and was found guilty of the charge. A motion was made for a new trial upon several grounds, but relating mainly to misconduct on the part of the jury who tried the case.
The record before us is one of the many which are continually brought into this court, in which questions of importance and nicety in criminal practice are presented with so meagre an exposition of the precise facts of the case as to embarrass us in their decision. It is greatly to be…
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