Johnson v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

It was charged in the indictment that appellant, with- malice aforethought, killed A. N. (Ted) Nodurft by shooting him with a pistol.

Vera Smith and deceased were engaged to be married. On the night of September 9, 1931, they were riding in an automobile in the city of Wichita Falls. They had stopped their car in a quiet place and were sitting talking, when they noticed two black forms approaching the car. Deceased attempted to start the car, but was unsuccessful. He was still endeavoring to start the motor when two negroes came up…