Hillman v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for 35 years.

George L. Lafferty v. The State, *Opinion No. 16,801, this day decided, is a companion case.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that Lewis Hutchison, George L. Lafferty and appellant, with malice aforethought, killed George E. Berry by striking and beating him with a piece of iron. A severance being granted, appellant was alone placed upon trial.

The testimony on the part of the State, was in substance, as follows: Deceased was sitting near his blacksmith shop. Lafferty, Hutchison…