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84 Tex. Crim. 455

208 S.W 171

Daggett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 22, 1919

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1919-01-22

<p>1. —Assault to Murder—Requested Charges.</p> <p>In the absence of a showing that the requested charges were presented to or acted upon by the trial judge by bill of exceptions, they can not be reviewed.</p> <p>2. —Same—Sufficiency of the Evidence.</p> <p>Where, upon trial of assault with intent to murder, the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction, there was no reversible error.</p> <p>3. —Same—Case Stated—Arrest—Escape—Assault.</p> <p>Where, upon trial of £ ssault to murder, the evidence showed that the injured party arrested defendant and another while they were in the act of stealing his cotton, and in an attempt to escape they shot him, whereupon he returned the fire, killing defendant’s companion, defendant escaping, the defendant was guilty of assault with intent to murder, and there was no reversible error.</p> <p>4. —Same—Requested Charges—Raise Arrest—Manslaughter.</p> <p>Where, upon trial of assault with intent to murder, defendant denied that he shot at the party injured or that he had a weapon even, and there was no evidence which remotely raised the issue of manslaughter or self-defense to free himself from an illegal arrest, the conviction for assault with intent to murder is sustained.</p>

Decided 1919-01-22

¶1*459 ON REHEARING.

¶2 January 22, 1919.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

¶3 The case is before this court on appellant’s motion for rehearing.

¶4 The motion points out no error in the opinion of this court affirming the case, but complains that the verdict is unsupported by the evidence, and that the trial court erred in refusing to give three special charges which are set out. We do not agree with either of appellant’s contentions.

¶5 The three charges' refused are each based on phases of the false arrest of an accused, but pot this case. ' Said charges are substantially: First, if, under the circumstances, appellant believed his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of serious bodily injury, and that he shot Hester, etc., he would be justifiable; the second charge is, that if the false arrest produced in appellant’s mind a degree of passion which "rendered the same incapable of cool reflection it would be manslaughter; the third charge is substantially that if the jury believed the resistance used by the defendant was no more than reasonably necessary to free himself from such arrest, etc., he would be justifiable.

¶6 We have carefully reviewed all the evidence and find nothing therein calling for such .charges. Appellant was his own only witness as to the facts attending the shooting and he emphatically denied throughout having shot at all, or even that he had a weapon. Ho one else testified to facts which remotely raises the issue of passion on his part, or that he shot to free himself from illegal arrest in any way.

¶7 The motion for rehearing is overruled.

¶8 Overruled.

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