Woodward v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of J. H. Ragland, on the '3d of July, 1898, by shooting him with a gun. Defendant and deceased were brothers-in-law, defendant having married a sister of deceased.
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Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of J. H. Ragland, on the '3d of July, 1898, by shooting him with a gun. Defendant and deceased were brothers-in-law, defendant having married a sister of deceased. The following statement of the case is taken from the brief of appellant: On the third day of July, 1898, appellant left his home and went by his pasture and salted his stock and then to the residence of Bill Johnson, where he remained until late in the afternoon. After he had been at Johnson’s house for some time, deceased came and remained until some time in the afternoon.…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.
Bill of exception number 2, together with the judge’s explanation, is as follows :
“When the above case was called for trial on November 14, 1898, defendant filed his special plea of jeopardy in bar herein, which plea is as follows, to wit:
“ 'Comes now defendant, P. T. Woodward, in the above cause, and for special plea in bar herein says that the State ought not to further prosecute this cause against him, because he say's that heretofore, to wit,…
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