Frank v. State

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Appellant, a negro, lived in the home of Lillie Armstrong, a negro woman, the testimony being to the effect that he roomed and boarded at said place. On the night of the homicide Leon Jacks and Otis Tate, negroes, went to the home of Lillie Armstrong for the purpose, according to their testimony, of visiting Lillie Armstrong's brother. The brother was absent, but appellant and Lillie Armstrong were at home. Leon Jacks and Otis Tate testified for the state, in substance, as follows: When they reached the home of Lillie Armstrong, Otis Tate called…