Snowberger v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

On March 5, 1909, appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Dallas County of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for life. This judgment was the result of an indictment filed in said court against him on January 2 preceding, in which he was charged with the murder of one W. B. Anderson by then and there cutting the said Anderson with a knife.

There are a great many questions raised on the appeal, most of which have been briefed very carefully, and the more important of which we will consider. In order to…