Marteliano v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was a prize fighter by profession, and was for a time the manager of a hotel in Corpus Christi. In such capacity he met deceased, a married woman, and they soon became intimate. Appellant was quite impecunious, while deceased seemed to have been possessed of some funds. Deceased appears to have been one of those pitiful individuals who, though having a good family background, had become addicted to the use of alcohol and narcotics and had lowered herself in respect to her conduct and the…