Isaacs v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District’ Court of Hardeman. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Standlee, Special Judge. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. Appellant was indicted in Hemphill County, for the mnrder of Tom T. McGee, on.the 23d of November, 1894. The venue was changed to the County of Hardeman.
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Appeal from the District’ Court of Hardeman. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Standlee, Special Judge. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the first degree; penalty, imprisonment for life in the penitentiary. Appellant was indicted in Hemphill County, for the mnrder of Tom T. McGee, on.the 23d of November, 1894. The venue was changed to the County of Hardeman. The testimony is substantially as follows: G. W. Fishburn testified, ‘‘That on the 22nd day of November, 1894, he was cashier of the First National Bank of Kansas City, and on that day the defendant presented a check to the said bank…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life; hence this appeal. The indictment contains three counts. The first count charges appellant as a principal; the second charges Jim Harbolt with the murder as principal, and the appellant, as not being present, advising or encouraging Harbolt to commit the murder—in other words, charges the appellant as an accomplice to Harbolt in the murder; and the third count charges him as an accomplice to the murder of McGee, committed by some person, to the…
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