Hill v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The proof on the part of the State was to the effect that on the 7th of January, 1935, appellant, who is a negro, shot and killed Will Foster, a street car conductor. The homicide was committed in the perpetration of robbery. Appellant made a voluntary confession in which he fully admitted his guilt. Upon the trial he entered a plea of guilty.

Appellant’s exceptions to the charge of the court were not well taken. The trial judge gave the ordinary charge upon a plea of guilty.

Appellant made two voluntary statements, both of which…