Dent v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The following statement of the case is taken from appellant’s brief: The appellant, W. J. Dent, was indicted at the May term, 1900, of the District Court of Cherokee County, as accessory to murder. _ In order that the court may correctly understand the points made in the brief, we desire to make a statement a little more complete than the .record of this case presents. In November, 1894, in Hemphill County, Texas, one Tom T. McGee was killed.
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The following statement of the case is taken from appellant’s brief: The appellant, W. J. Dent, was indicted at the May term, 1900, of the District Court of Cherokee County, as accessory to murder. _ In order that the court may correctly understand the points made in the brief, we desire to make a statement a little more complete than the .record of this case presents. In November, 1894, in Hemphill County, Texas, one Tom T. McGee was killed. A short time after the killing one George Isaacs was arrested and incarcerated in jail, charged with being an accomplice to the killing of said McGee.…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted as accessory to murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
The record shows that in November, 1894, in Hemphill County, Texas, one Tom T. McGee was killed. A short time after the killing George Isaacs was arrested, and incarcerated in jail, charged with being an accomplice to the murder of McGee. Subsequently he was indicted by the grand jury of Hemphill County, the indictment charging him as a principal and as an accomplice with Jim Harbolt and Joe Blake in the killing of McGee, and as an accomplice to persons to the…
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