McLeod v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was indicted on the 22d day of September, 1891, for the murder of Jeff Varner, by shooting him with a Winchester riñe, in the county of Motley, on the 10th day of May, 1891. The court, upon its own motion, changed the venue from the District Court of Motley to the District Court of Baylor County.
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Appellant was indicted on the 22d day of September, 1891, for the murder of Jeff Varner, by shooting him with a Winchester riñe, in the county of Motley, on the 10th day of May, 1891. The court, upon its own motion, changed the venue from the District Court of Motley to the District Court of Baylor County. Defendant was put upon his trial in the District Court of Baylor County on the 7th day of May, 1892, and the trial resulted in his conviction, with the punishment affixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life. The defense was insanity and delirium tremens. The record is most…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was tried in the District Court of Baylor County, where said cause was carried by change of venue from Motley County. The defense was insanity and delirium tremens.
The defendant complained that the court erred in permitting the testi many of the witness Judge W. R. McGill, and his opinion as to the sanity of defendant, to go to the jury.
The principal issue before the jury was the insanity of the defendant, and to prove his sanity the State, among other witnesses,…
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