Barkman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Camp, on change of venue from the County of Bowie. Tried helow before Hon. J. M. Talbot. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Camp, on change of venue from the County of Bowie. Tried helow before Hon. J. M. Talbot. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of O. D.Perry by shooting him with a pistol, in Bowie County, on the 39th day of July, 1897. The. important facts leading up to and attendant upon the killing,as shown by the record, may be briefly stated thus: In the month of May, 1897, and some month or a month and a half prior to the killing of O. D.…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at ten years confinement in the penitentiary.
Appellant attacked the indictment on the ground that he was not present when the grand jury was impaneled. This matter was investigatéd by the court, and it was shown, in substance, that he was in jail in Bed Biver County when the grand jury presenting the indictment was impaneled. He made a request of some of the officers to carry him to Bowie County, and also for his brother to have him conveyed to that county by the opening of the term of the…
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