Beard v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder, and his punishment was assessed at death.

The record before us shows that on the evening of December 23, 1935, while C. C. Scott, John Roberts, and a man by the name of Cason were sitting in Scott’s office at his filling station, appellant came into the office with a pistol in his hand, rifled the cash register and attempted to rob Mr. Roberts. When Mr. Roberts resisted, appellant shot and killed him.

Appellant did not testify. His entire defensive theory rested upon. the proposition that he was insane at the time of the…