Woods v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the murder, with malice, of Paul McCullough, the assessed punishment being five years in the penitentiary.

We state only such facts as are deemed necessary for a determination of the main question presented.

Camp Joy, situated on the shore of Lake Worth in Tarrant County, is a combination of tourist cabins, cafe, dance hall, and beer tavern. The cabins are to the side of the dance hall and beer tavern, the nearest cabin being about eighty-four feet away. What is referred to as a “dock” — about two hundred feet from the tavern — leads out into the lake.…