Hackett v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Washington. Tried below before the Hon. I. B. McFarland. The indictment charged the appellant with the murder of Major Williams. His trial resulted in his conviction of murder in the first degree, and he was awarded the death penalty. John McDade, a colored man, was the first witness presented by the State.
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Appeal from the District Court of Washington. Tried below before the Hon. I. B. McFarland. The indictment charged the appellant with the murder of Major Williams. His trial resulted in his conviction of murder in the first degree, and he was awarded the death penalty. John McDade, a colored man, was the first witness presented by the State. He identified the defendant, testified that he knew the deceased, Major Williams, in his lifetime, and was present when the latter was killed by the former in Washington county, Texas, on the seventeenth of September, 1881. The parties were present at an…
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt J.
George Hackett was tried and convicted for murder of the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death.
We will consider the assignments of error in the order presented in the brief of the appellant, except those relating to the charge of the court, which will be considered last. The first error assigned relates to the overruling of the defendant’s application for a continuance. In regard to this matter, there was no error of which the defendant can complain, the witness Bettie Boulding being present in court before the evidence was concluded.
The seventh assignment of error is,…
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