Eanes v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. In May, 1880, the grand jury of Travis county presented an indictment by which the appellants, William Eanes and Robert Eanes, were jointly charged with the murder of O. D. McMillan, on February 19, 1880, by shooting him with pistols.
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Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. In May, 1880, the grand jury of Travis county presented an indictment by which the appellants, William Eanes and Robert Eanes, were jointly charged with the murder of O. D. McMillan, on February 19, 1880, by shooting him with pistols. In July, 1880, they were jointly tried and both convicted of murder in the first degree, but the punishment of William Eanes was assessed at death, and that of his brother and co-defendant at a life-term in the penitentiary. Their motion for a new trial being overruled, they…
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, P. J.
On an indictment for the murder of one C. D. McMillan, alleged to have been committed in Travis county on the 19th day of February, 1880, appellants were tried on the 9th day of July, 1880, in the District Court, and by verdict and judgment were found guilty of murder in the first degree,— the punishment as to William Fanes being affixed at death by hanging, and that of Eobert Banes at imprisonment for life in the State penitentiary.
Over and above its importance on account of the gravity of the penalties imposed, the case involves many interesting features which might, if necessary, open up a…
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