Millican v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Judge.
The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Brazos County for the murder of S. H. Barker therein on March 24, 1910. The venue of the case was changed to Burleson County and a trial resulted in his conviction on December 3, 1910, of murder in the first degree and a life penalty given.
The theory of the State was that the appellant in effect waylaid and shot and killed the deceased. This was denied by the appellant and he claimed that the deceased, shortly before the killing, had illegally arrested him and restrained him of his liberty, the deceased not being an officer…
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