Scott v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson. Tried below before Hon. A. T. Watts. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The facts can be found in the former appeal, 46 Texas Grim. Rep., 536.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty assessed being fifteen years’ confinement in the penitentiary. This is the second appeal. See Scott v. State, 81 S. W. Rep., 294.
By the first bill of exceptions it is made to appear: “During the trial and while testimony was being introduced, the judge presiding at the trial to wit, Hon. A. T. Watts, absented himself from the courtroom and retired therefrom out of the sight and hearing of the proceedings, and so absented himself therefrom several minutes to an adjoining apartment, about forty-two feet from the judge’s bench and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bateson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
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