Milrainey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal froin the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. BlaceburN. This appeal is from a conviction for murder of the second degree, the penalty assessed being fifteen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal froin the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. BlaceburN. This appeal is from a conviction for murder of the second degree, the penalty assessed being fifteen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The salient features of the case will be seen from the following portions of the evidence, which we reproduce from the brief of appellant’s counsel, and which is substantially correct as copied from the statement of facts: The story of the homicide as told by the defendant, who testified in his own behalf, was as follows: “I am 24 years old; was raised in Tennessee and…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his penalty assessed at fifteen years.
We think the court erred in refusing to permit the defense to prove by the witness A. B. Harris the facts of the rental contract by which appellant claimed possession of the land in dispute. Appellant’s right to the said land was one of the principal grounds of the defense. Ho witness knew the facts of renting except appellant, Harris, and deceased. The appellant testified to them. Harris was placed on the stand to impeach appellant on a single matter. Appellant sought to…
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