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DAVIS v. TEXAS

No. 1593.

139 U.S. 651 (1891)

DAVIS v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.A. Culberson, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Mr. Henry M. Furman and Mr. Charles H. Armes for the motion.

Mr. Samuel Field Phillips and Mr. Frederick D. McKenney opposing.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error was indicted by the grand jury of Tarrant County, Texas, for that, in that county, on July 6, A.D. 1889, he "with force and arms, did, unlawfully and with his express malice aforethought, kill and murder one B.C. Evans with a pistol, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State;" and, having been arraigned and pleaded...

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