Henrie v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Palo Pinto. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Hood. November, 1872, G. W. Henrie was indicted for the murder of Michael Cannon. At the March term, 1874, there was a mistrial, and the accused admitted to bail. At the July term following, defendant asked a continuance of his first application, as follows.
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Appeal from Palo Pinto. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Hood. November, 1872, G. W. Henrie was indicted for the murder of Michael Cannon. At the March term, 1874, there was a mistrial, and the accused admitted to bail. At the July term following, defendant asked a continuance of his first application, as follows. Now comes G. W. Henrie, defendant in the above cause, and says that he cannot go safely into trial at the present term of court, for want of the material testimony of E. A. Koefer and E. Alexander, who are material witnesses to the defense; that the residence of said witnesses are…
1Opinion of the Court
Reeves, Associate Justice.
The indictment charges appellant with the murder of Michael Gannon in Shackle-ford county, and which county was attached to Palo Pinto county, where the indictment was found, for judicial purposes. At the July term, 1874, of the court the defendant applied for a continuance, which being overruled, he was put upon his trial, and convicted by the jury of murder of the second degree, and his punishment assessed at twenty years’ confinement in the penitentiary. There was a motion for a new trial, and motion in arrest of judgment on various grounds; also a supplemental…
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