Pinson v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wood. Tried below before the Hon. Charles A. Frazer. The indictment in this case was found on the 7th day of August, 1858, and the offence was charged to have been committed on the first day of the said month and year; but was proved to have taken place a few weeks before.
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Appeal from Wood. Tried below before the Hon. Charles A. Frazer. The indictment in this case was found on the 7th day of August, 1858, and the offence was charged to have been committed on the first day of the said month and year; but was proved to have taken place a few weeks before. On the trial, the defendant asked the court to give the following charge to the jury: “If the jury believe that Robert J. Pinson believed it necessary to interfere to prevent the commission of a known felony upon the body of his father; as if, the situation of his father, and the acts of. Lancaster were such, as…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The indictment charges that James P. Pinson, and *580the appellant, Robert J. Pinson, “ with force and arms in and upon one William H. Lancaster, did make an assault, and then and there, with a heavy stick, the same being a dangerous weapon, they, the said James P. Pinson, and Robert J. Pinson, did strike and wound the said William H. Lancaster, doing him then and there, with the stick aforesaid, great bodily injury, against the peace and dignity of the state.”
The precise language of the charging part of the indictment is quoted, because it is important to consider it in connexion with the…
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