Sims v. State

245 S.W.2d 260 (1951)

SIMS

v.

STATE.

No. 25501.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 28, 1951.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1952.

W. J. Baldwin, D. F. Sanders, and J. A. Veillon, all of Beaumont, for appellant.

Ramie H. Griffin, Criminal Dist. Atty., Joe Goodwin, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted for the murder of Olin H. Hemmenway and the jury assessed his punishment at five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant and Hemmenway were employees of an ice plant in Beaumont where the killing…