Cannon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant, 0. D. Cannon, who was at the time of the commission of the homicide county judge of Robertson County, on March 23, 1899, shot and killed deceased, W. A. Gray, for which homicide he was on June 9, 1899, indicted by the grand jury of Robertson County, charging him with murder upon his malice aforethought. The indictment was found at the June term of the District Court of Robertson County.
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Appellant, 0. D. Cannon, who was at the time of the commission of the homicide county judge of Robertson County, on March 23, 1899, shot and killed deceased, W. A. Gray, for which homicide he was on June 9, 1899, indicted by the grand jury of Robertson County, charging him with murder upon his malice aforethought. The indictment was found at the June term of the District Court of Robertson County. On July 10th, and at the same term of the court, the district judge of said Robertson County, acting upon his motion, and reciting that the court was satisfied that a trial alike fair and impartial…
1Concurrence
DAVIDSOH, Pbesiding Judge.
I concur in the result reached in this case. I dissent from that portion of the opinion which admits the statement of facts for consideration. The affidavit of Hon.- R. E. Brooks, the district judge who sat during the trial, taken in connection with that of Hon. T. S. Henderson, of counsel for appellant, in my judgment clearly shows a want of diligence in the preparation and presentment of the statement of facts to the trial judge within the ten -days allowed by the order of the court. These affidavits are set out in the original opinion. In addition to these, Hon.…
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