Bertrand v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for murder, with a life sentence in the penitentiary.

The evidence in the case is sufficient to support a conviction for murder with malice. The statement of facts in this case is remarkable in that all of the evidence from the witnesses called by both state and the defense is in perfect harmony as to all material facts.

The scene was a regular gambling room in connection with a restaurant, over which was a hotel, in the less pretentious area of Port Arthur. It was a place to which the witnesses and others commonly resorted for the purpose of…