After having been a prisoner in the jail of this county for about four months, W.P. Newton was released on bond yesterday. This was due to the reversal of his case by the Court of Criminal Appeals. He was charged by indictment with killing James Peel on Jan. 20, 1898, on a farm just north of the Kaufman County line, and upon trial was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary.

George Hamil [Hamill], indicted with Newton for this offense, was also given five years when tried, and his case is now on appeal.