Hamblin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The indictment charged appellant with the murder of one John Baker, in Taylor County, on the 26th day of December, 1892. Under instructions of the court, we report the facts proved on the trial of the case substantially as follows, viz: Dr. J. T. Hensley testified: He was called to see John Baker, the deceased, between 11 and 12 o’clock on the night of December 26, 1892; found him lying on the floor of the Corrigan Hotel, in the village of Merkel, suffering from several…
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The indictment charged appellant with the murder of one John Baker, in Taylor County, on the 26th day of December, 1892. Under instructions of the court, we report the facts proved on the trial of the case substantially as follows, viz: Dr. J. T. Hensley testified: He was called to see John Baker, the deceased, between 11 and 12 o’clock on the night of December 26, 1892; found him lying on the floor of the Corrigan Hotel, in the village of Merkel, suffering from several incised wounds on the neck and face, which he (witness) did not regard as serious. He also had a gunshot wound in the back;…
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was given a life sentence under a conviction of murder in the first degree. During the trial he offered to prove by "Mrs. James Baker and L.I. Easterwood, that on Saturday, December 31, 1892, and after the examining trial before G.W. Jernigan, in which defendants were tried for assault with intent to murder John Baker, and after said John Baker had testified in said examining trial, he, the said John Baker, in the presence of Mrs. James Baker and L.I. Easterwood, accused the said L.I. Easterwood of being one of the two parties present when the assault was made on him which resulted…
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