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| The Shamberger Case |
| Forney Tribune |
| Friday, June 18, 1889, Page 3 |
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| In the case of the state of Texas vs. Henry Shamberger, which has been on the trial in the district court at Kafuman for four days, the jury Saturday morning returned a verdict of not guilty. The defendant was charged with the murder of Anna Smith in Hunt County on the 2nd day of July, A.D. 1885, The case was removed to this county by a change of venue and has twice tried. The first trial resulting in a convition of murder in the second degree and his punishment being assessed at 10 years in the penitentiary was reversed by the court of appeals. The circumstances surrounding the case as developed on the trial were painfully interesting and thrilling. Attracting to the court house a large concourse of spectators. |
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