Galvan v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for murder; punishment, death.

The testimony in this case warranted the jury in finding appellant guilty, and in the assessment of.the extreme penalty of the law. The testimony for the State showed appellant to be engaged in smuggling contraband across the Rio Grande River some twenty-five miles below El Paso. Mr. Seotten, deceased, was a Federal border patrolman. He was shot through the hip in a battle with smugglers, and later shot through the head, the skin around the hole in the head showing powder burns. His two army regulation 45 pistols, his ring, watch and…