Hunt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from tbe District Court of Grayson. Tried below before Hon. T. J. Bbown. Appellant was indicted for tbe murder of May Hunt, bis wife, in Grayson County, on tbe 15th day of December, 1892, by striking her with an axe. Tbe defense was insanity. Tbe trial resulted in a con-yiction of murder of tbe first degree, tbe penalty being assessed at death.
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Appeal from tbe District Court of Grayson. Tried below before Hon. T. J. Bbown. Appellant was indicted for tbe murder of May Hunt, bis wife, in Grayson County, on tbe 15th day of December, 1892, by striking her with an axe. Tbe defense was insanity. Tbe trial resulted in a con-yiction of murder of tbe first degree, tbe penalty being assessed at death. The case on appeal came on for bearing at tbe Austin Term of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and tbe judgment was affirmed at that branch on tbe 21st of April in tbe opinion which is found below. A motion for rehearing was filed and transferred…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding- Judge.
Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Grayson County, on March 18,1893, charged with the murder •of his wife, May Hunt. He was tried April 15, 1893, found guilty of murder of the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he appeals to this court.
A witness (Walker) testified, that a document handed to him was an application for an attachment in this cause, made by defendant Hunt; that the defendant signed the same; that defendant was under arrest and in the custody of an officer at the time he signed the…
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