Valtiero v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

It was charged against appellant that with malice aforethought he killed Thomas Gentry Taylor by beating and striking him with an “automobile oil pan.” Upon conviction punishment was assessed at death.

On the night of September 30, 1947, at about 10:00 p. m. deceased was in a beer tavern in the city of Dallas. He bought a bottle of beer for which he paid with a one-dollar bill, getting back eighty cents in change. He was seen to have only three dollar bills at that time. Later in the night he went into another beer tavern, The Bank D’Ora Cafe, and sought to buy more…