Cavazos v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder and his punishment was assessed as confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of thirty-five years.

The record shows that on or about the 21st day of July, 1940, a decomposed body of a Mexican was found lying in some high weeds near a road and about two miles west of the town of Sebastian. An examination of the body revealed a cracked and crushed skull, indicating that his death was due to violence at the hands of some person or persons. The body was identified as that of Anselma Reyna. Some months later a suit was filed in…