Tyrone v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
“In the trial of every case in the District Court it is frequently necessary during the trial for the court to retire the jury- during argument of counsel on the admissibility of testimony; that is a matter which is controlled by law, and when you are forced to retire every few minutes, if that should be the case, you must not become nettled at the attorneys who make the objections, or anyone else, as the law demands it, and you are as much responsible for it as anyone else;…
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“In the trial of every case in the District Court it is frequently necessary during the trial for the court to retire the jury- during argument of counsel on the admissibility of testimony; that is a matter which is controlled by law, and when you are forced to retire every few minutes, if that should be the case, you must not become nettled at the attorneys who make the objections, or anyone else, as the law demands it, and you are as much responsible for it as anyone else; so you will have to take it as a matter of course. I mention this because sometimes jurors become nettled at attorneys…
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted at the January, 1915, term of the District Court of Eastland County of manslaughter and his punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement in the State penitentiary for a period of five years.
Our able Assistant Attorney General has so ably discussed and disposed of every question raised in the motion for a new trial, we adopt the brief as the opinion of the court:
“Bill No. 1 complains that the court erred in giving verbal instructions to the panel of jurors for the week before this case was called for trial and before it was set for trial. A special…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited8 opinions
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1905
- Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Dow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1892
- McGaughey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Redwine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Matelski v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Engman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915