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Angell v. State

Citations

  • 36 Tex. 542

Syllabus

<p>When a party resisting arrest attempts to kill the officer, while the latter in the line of his duty is making the arrest, but by accident kills a third person, the killing is murder. (See 1 Russell on Crimes, Sections 532, 592; Wharton’s Criminal Law, Section 1031.)</p>

Judges: Ogden

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