Cotton v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. R. Fayle. At the March term, (1869) of the Criminal Court of Galveston county, Leroy Cotton, the appellant, and Henry Cotton, his brother, were jointly indicted for the murder of John B. Lockman, on the 11th day of January, A. D. 1869. A severance was asked by the accused and allowed by the court, and the State elected to proceed first with the trial of the appellant, Leroy Cotton.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. R. Fayle. At the March term, (1869) of the Criminal Court of Galveston county, Leroy Cotton, the appellant, and Henry Cotton, his brother, were jointly indicted for the murder of John B. Lockman, on the 11th day of January, A. D. 1869. A severance was asked by the accused and allowed by the court, and the State elected to proceed first with the trial of the appellant, Leroy Cotton. A special venire was ordered, returnable March 30, 1869* On this last day the defendants, Leroy and Henry Cotton, applied to the court for…
1Opinion of the CourtLindsay, J.
The indictment in this case ivas returned by the grand jury in the Criminal Court for Galveston county, at its. March term (A. D. 1869). It was founded upon an accusation against -the appellant for the murder of John B. Lockman, on the eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in the county of Galveston and State-of Texas. Upon the trial in the Criminal Court, the accused was found guilty of murder in the first degree. A motion was made by the convict for a new trial, which was overruled by the court. From this ruling of the court, and the final…
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