Jirou v. State

K AM SET, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Refugio County for the murder of one D. A. McRea, Jr., alleged to have been committed on the 18th day of September, 1903. The case was carried to Victoria County on a change of venue, and on December 20, 1907,"defendant was convicted, in said court, of murder in the second degree and his punishment assessed at forty years confinement in the penitentiary.

The record is a very voluminous one and contains intrinsic evidence that the case was stoutly contested, and that both sides were represented with great ability.

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