Legal Opinion

Logan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 21, 1898No. 1953PublishedCited by 6 opinions

This is the second appeal in this-case. See Logan v. State, 39 Texas Criminal Reports, 573, which is referred to for a summary of the important facts proved on both trials in the lower court. The matters discussed in the opinion on this appeal do not require additional elucidation.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty-five years; hence this appeal.

He complains of the action of the court in overruling his motion for a continriance. The motion for continuance is predicated on the absence of Will Goodman, alleged to reside in Smith County, and Jake Lane, and M. L. Earle, and William Brown, residents of Jacksonville, Cherokee County. The application does not state whether it was the first or second application for continuance. If it was the first, this…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Roberson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  2. Mathews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  3. Alberson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Prescott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Pettus v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910

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