Davis v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the court op appeals 0E THE STATE OP TEXAS. Motion to dismiss, affirm or advance. The supposed Federal questions are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Fuller
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of Tarrant County, Texas, for that, in that county, on July 6, a.d. 1889, he “ with force and arms, did, unlawfully and with his express malice aforethought, kill and murder one B. C. Evans with a pistol, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State; ” and, having been arraigned and pleaded not guilty, was tried, found guilty of murder in the first degree, his pun ishment fixed by the jury at death, and judgment…
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