Taylor v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

— The offense is murder and the penalty life imprisonment.

The appellant is a negro. He and two white boys agreed to go out on a hijacking expedition. The car ridden in by them belonged to one of the white boys. They started out and some two or three victims were robbed by appellant’s companions, he remaining in the car. They came upon parties barbecuing meat. It was agreed that appellant should engage them in conversation while the white boys drove around and returned, when they, the white boys, would hold them up and take their money.

There is a sharp dispute as to the extent of…