Pappas v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

It was charged in the indictment in substance that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Bess Burt by shooting her with a pistol.

The homicide occurred January 6, 1934, and the indictment was returned five days later. The trial began February 5, 1934. *571Appellant was too poor to employ counsel. Approximately two weeks before the trial the trial court appointed two attorneys of the Houston Bar to represent appellant. When the case was called for trial appellant’s attorneys filed a first application for a continuance based upon…