Johnson v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Johnson v. State, 36 Tex. 202 (Tex. 1872)
Walker
Johnson v. State
Opinion of the Court
The appellant was indicted for murder, and was tried and convicted of manslaughter. He was not served with a copy of the indictment, nor with a list of the names of the special venire. The trial was not, in this respect, according to law. Paschal’s Digest, Article 2935, provides that the prison
The judgment must be reversed and cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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- Monroe Johnson v. State
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- Syllabus
- It is error to place a defendant upon trial for a capital ofíense without having served Mm witli a copy of the indictment against him at least two whole days before his arraignment for trial, unless the right to such copy or to such delay be waived by him. (Paschal’s Digest, Article 2935.)