Red v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. Ibby Dunkliw. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, fifteen years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of James Rogers, on the 25th day of July, 1896. All the essential facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellantwas convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of fifteen years; hence this appeal.
The circumstances connected with the killing show that appellant and deceased were related, appellant having married the niece of the deceased. The grandfather of appellant’s, wife was D. 0. Rogers, who owned a farm; and appellant and his wife lived in the same house with him—the house containing two rooms. Appellant worked a portion of the farm. Deceased, Jim Rogers, was a son of D. C. Rogers, and lived about 250…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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