Lyons v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The proof on the part of the State was to the effect that on March 7, 1938, H. W. Seely was robbed by appellant and Robert Manning. In perpetrating the robbery appellant and Manning struck deceased several blows with a piece of iron and inflicted wounds on his head from the effects of which he later died. The State introduced in evidence appellant’s confession in which he admitted that he acted with Manning in perpetrating the robbery. However, his statement was to the effect that only Robert Manning struck the deceased. We quote a…