Carter v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Colorado. Tried below before Hon. George McCormick.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was indicted for and convicted of murder in the second degree.
On the night of July 27,1891, about 12 o’clock, Constable Burtschell and his posse, appellant being one of the number, shot and killed Earnest W eishun. The deceased rode into the town of Alley ton about dark and hitched his horse, took his saddle off, and laid it on the ground, and disappeared until about midnight, when he returned, mounted his horse, and rode off north up the street. After proceeding a short distance he was shot and killed by Burtschell and his posse. The wounds in his body were located…
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