Sapp and Sapp v. State

Appellants were indicted and tried jointly for the murder of Dick Watts. They were found guilty, and their punishment assessed at forty and twenty years, respectively, in the penitentiary.

The record, statement of facts and briefs for both sides are very voluminous. There are apparently, however, but few questions necessary to be decided.

In view of the disposition we make of the case, we will not state at any length nor discuss the testimony.

The testimony was wholly circumstantial. The theory of the State substantially was that appellant E.E. Sapp originally entered into a conspiracy with…