Black and Wright v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
The appellants were convicted on a charge of theft by false pretense of property over the value of $50,00, and given a term of five years in the penitentiary.
The scene of the crime charged was near Kildare, Cass County, which borders an East Texas Oil Field enriched in its history by the presence of the colored population in multiple numbers and who possess such financial interests as to attract the wicked wooings of the wisest men. The story told is characteristic of the time and of the community in which the scene is laid, as well as the race involved.
It was September. The…
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- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1905
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