Wright v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Erath. Tried below before Hon. J. S. Straughan. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the first degree; penalty, death. Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of John Adams, on the 18th day of December, 1897, by shooting him with a gun.
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Appeal from the District Court of Erath. Tried below before Hon. J. S. Straughan. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the first degree; penalty, death. Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of John Adams, on the 18th day of December, 1897, by shooting him with a gun. The essential facts attendant upon the killing are the same as those stated in Ex Parte Wright and Leslie, 39 Texas Criminal Reports, 193, which was a writ of habeas corpus sued out for hail in this case, and it is not necessary to make a further statement. No briefs for either party have come to the hands of…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death; hence this appeal.
Appellant assigns as error the action of the court in refusing to change the venue. There is what purports to be a statement of facts in connection with the motion to change the venue, but the same was filed on the 14th day of June, 1898, ten days after the adjournment of the court. There is no bill of exceptions taken to the action of the court in overruling the motion for a change of venue. On neither account can we revise the action of the court. Article 621, Code…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Johnson v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1865
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Bohannon v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
- Lander v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1854
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Luttrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Lax v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Pinkston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
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