Wall v. State

240 S.W.2d 763 (1951)

WALL

v.

STATE.

No. 25211.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 25, 1951.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1951.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied June 30, 1951.

Jack Corman, Dallas, McKinney & McKinney, Cooper, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted and assessed the death penalty for the murder of Jacob Coleman.

The deceased occupied a room on the third floor of the Marlowe Apartments in Waco, and was employed as a guard at the Crawford-Austin Company.

When he failed to show up for work on the early…