Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 18, 1911No. 733PublishedCited by 18 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant was charged with and convicted of theft of three horses.

1. When the case was called for trial appellant filed an application for a change of venue, which was met by a controverting affidavit. We deem it unnecessary to recapitulate or go into a detailed statement of the evidence introduced on this motion. In a general way the witnesses, or some of them at least, state that there was some prejudice against the appellant, and that his case had been talked about in the county. Most of the witnesses testified that it had not been talked about more than other…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  2. Chalk. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Hopkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  3. Long v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  5. Holder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917

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