One Sentenced to Die and Another to Thirty Years’ Imprisonment
Galveston, May 11, 1881—A special to the News from Will’s Point, Texas, says: “In the case of the State vs. Tiel the jury rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree; punishment, imprisonment in the penitentiary for thirty years. In the case of the State vs. White the verdict was guilty of murder in the first degree and the prisoner was sentenced to be hanged. After the verdict was rendered White made a statement denying his guilt, but in the latter portion of his speech he virtually confessed the crime. He was charged with killing a peddler near here several years ago. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and an appeal will be taken to the District Court.
Source: Charlie Crowell. Capital Punishment Scrapbook, Philadelphia Newspaper Article, about March, 1881.
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