Jones v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a death sentence for murder. W. Fred Jones and his wife lived in Floydada where they owned and operated what is described as a large grocery store and market. *117He is charged with killing H. C. Love, Jr., by shooting him with a shotgun. After indictment, the case was called in the 110th District Court, Floyd County, and the venue changed to the 64th District Court sitting at Plainview, Hale County.

The record in the case is quite lengthy, though there were few witnesses to the killing or any close incident thereto. Viewed from the State’s standpoint it is a…