Legal Opinion

Giroux v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Trinity. Tried below before the Hon. Leroy W. Cooper. The facts fully appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Roberts, Chief Justice.

The defendant was indicted in Houston county for the false imprisonment of William V. Clark, and, the venue being changed, he was convicted, and a fine assessed against him of two hundred dollars. A motion for new trial being overruled, and judgment being rendered upon the verdict, he gave notice of appeal, and was admitted to bail in the sum of one hundred dollars.

The defendant was a policeman, acting under the orders of Governor E. J. Davis, of August, 1871, at and during an election held in the town of Crockett, in Houston county, in the month of October, 1871. It…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Duncan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
  2. Griffin v. ClarkIdaho Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Pratt v. Brown, ReceiverTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1891
  5. Haverbekken v. HollingsworthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923

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