Renner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Chas. F. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. . The indictment charged appellant with the murder of C. P. Bane, and was gi-milur in its allegations to the indictment in the cases of Faulkner v. State¡ and Chapman v. State, ante, pages 311 and 328, this case being a companion case to those cases.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Chas. F. Clint. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. . The indictment charged appellant with the murder of C. P. Bane, and was gi-milur in its allegations to the indictment in the cases of Faulkner v. State¡ and Chapman v. State, ante, pages 311 and 328, this case being a companion case to those cases. The important facts attendant upon the killing will be found concisely stated in the opinion of Judge Henderson in Faulkner v. State, ante, page 311.…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSOH, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
This being a companion case to Faulkner v. State, ante, page 311, and Chapman v. State, ante, page 328, recently decided, some of the questions arising in this record will not be discussed.
After retiring, the jury communicated with the court, and the following matters occurred: Through their foreman they delivered the following paper, to wit: “Hon. Chas. F. Clint, Judge: If I find by the evidence that up to the time the fire was applied to…
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