Smith v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

On March 8, 1911, the appellants, Charles Smith, Steve Woods and Felix Jackson, together with Fred Manning, were jointly indicted for the murder of Walter Giles in the city of Houston, Harris County, Texas, on February 20, 1911.

After all of the evidence was adduced, the State dismissed the case against Fred Manning, and the appellants, Smith, Woods and Jackson, were each convicted of murder in the second degree and their punishment fixed at seven years each in the penitentiary.

The sole question in the case is whether or not the evidence is sufficient to sustain the…