Mitchell v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; punishment fixed at death.

The verdict was rendered at the May, 1924, term of the district court of Damar County. The motion for new trial was overruled and notice of appeal entered on the 17th day of May, 1924. The statement of facts and bills of exception were filed in the trial court, partly on May 23rd and partly on July 18, 1924.

By the affidavit of J. E. Brown, sheriff of Lamar County, dated the 11th day of October, 1924, it is made to appear that the appellant made his escape from the county jail of Damar County, where he was confined…