Wilkerson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. Appellant was charged by indictment with the murder of his wife, Susan Wilkerson, and at his trial was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. Appellant was charged by indictment with the murder of his wife, Susan Wilkerson, and at his trial was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death. As fully explanatory of all the facts necessary to be known concerning the case, we deem it only necessary to give the testimony of Jeraleen Harrison, who was a witness for the State, and whose testimony fully explains the causes which brought about the killing. In all important particulars, as to the facts and circumstances…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife, and his penalty assessed at death. The State was permitted to prove that immediately after killing his wife, and within forty steps of her dead body, the defendant shot and killed one Will Hamilton. A bill of exceptions was reserved to the admission of this testimony, but the grounds of objection are not stated, and the bill is therefore too defective to authorize its consideration by this court.
A bill of exceptions should set forth the objections interposed to the admission of evidence, and objections not affirmatively…
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