Sanders v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of sixteen years.

The testimony adduced by the State shows that the deceased J. D. Emert was employed by Henry Snodgrass, who owned and operated a cotton gin, as a press hand. On the day of the alleged homicide the appellant, after having armed himself with a pistol, in company with his son carried a load of seed cotton to the gin. After the cotton had been ginned and when the deceased was engaged in tying the bale appellant went to the press…