Adams v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice, and assessed a punishment of ten years in the penitentiary.

There are no bills of exceptions in the record, and the only insistence of appellant is that the evidence fails to show the presence of malice, and therefore the trial court should not have instructed the jury on murder with malice.

The facts show that in the city of Harlingen, Texas, Mr.. Patty was engaged in the plumbing business, and had such a shop fronting on a street in said city; that he álso had his living quarters in this shop. The city jail was located about three…