Ebers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for 99 years.
It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed P. G. “Percy” Graves by striking him with a blackjack.
Deceased was a welder in the employ of The Texas Company at Electra. On occasions he drank intoxicating liquor to excess. About 4 a. m., on the 24th day of November, 1934, a deputy sheriff found deceased asleep in his (deceased’s) automobile on a street in Wichita Falls. The officer aroused him and saw that he was intoxicated. Carrying him to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Downing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Nations v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Batterton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- McNeill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
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- Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1941
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