Peysen v. State

Krueger, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment assessed is death.

It appears from the state’s testimony, as disclosed by the record, that during the night of September 24, 1937, appellant drove ,to an Humble Filling Station in the town of Palacios where deceased was working. He took all the money from the cash register in the station, robbed him of his watch and made him get into an automobile and drive a distance of approximately ten or twelve miles to Carranchua Bay. After they had driven half way across a bridge, appellant made the deceased get out of the car. He was getting under the…