Wenck v. State

238 S.W.2d 793 (1951)

WENCK

v.

STATE.

No. 25010.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 14, 1951.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1951.

Ben L. Parten, Frank A. Woods, Franklin, for appellant.

Taylor & Dickens, Marlin, Bill Palmos, County Atty., Franklin, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder, the jury having assessed the punishment at 30 years in the penitentiary.

N. L. Miller, the deceased, was Chief of Police of the City of Hearne.

Accompanied by Officer Knox Tidwell, the deceased went to the home of T. A. Luster near the…