Webster v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 99 years.

Appellant was tried in the District Court of Erath County upon a change of venue from Wichita County, where he had been previously tried and had received the death penalty. It was shown that on either the day of the homicide or the day preceding, appellant came into possession by loan and purchase of a .22 calibre rifle and a .38 calibre pistol.

The State’s case is principally based upon the testimony of two eye witnesses, Bill Best and Joyce Hege. Best had been married and divorced from his wife Helen. They each resided in the…