Glover v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Webb. Tried below before Hon. A. L. MoLANE. Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Duval County for the murder of one Clemente Reyna, on the 6th of February, 1893. The venue was changed to the District Court of Webb, and on trial in said court appellant was found guilty of manslaughter, the punishment assessed being two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case is concisely but sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court of Webb. Tried below before Hon. A. L. MoLANE. Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Duval County for the murder of one Clemente Reyna, on the 6th of February, 1893. The venue was changed to the District Court of Webb, and on trial in said court appellant was found guilty of manslaughter, the punishment assessed being two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The case is concisely but sufficiently stated in the opinion. No briefs found with the record.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, PRESIDING Judge.
-Conviction for manslaughter. It appears from the statement of facts that two persons, namely, Hayes Dix and Andrew Vails, were engaged, or were about to engage, in a fist fight; that Clemente Reyna (deceased) was constable of that precinct, and while Dix and Vails were engaged in the difficulty Reyna stepped up and took hold of Dix, or was about to take hold of him, when Dix, with his arm, pushed him off several feet. One witness says he fell to the floor. All the rest deny this. Reyna in no manner, if his object was to preserve the peace or arrest the parties, made…
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