Yarbrough 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 25 years.
The trial was had in Travis County on a change of venue from Bell County.
We deem it unnecessary to set out the indictment, or to discuss appellant’s motion to quash. The opinion is expressed that the offense is sufficiently charged.
In the afternoon of September 7, 1932, deceased, who was appellant’s adopted daughter, was severely burned, from the effects of which she died in a few hours. It was the state’s theory that appellant deliberately set fire to deceased.
As to motive, there was proof on…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Combs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
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- Casey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Forrester v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Harris, Alias McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
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