Moehler v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is murder; punishment fixed at death.

The evidence was circumstantial.

Appellant and deceased left Cisco late in the evening of August 10, 1922, the deceased stating that he was going to take a man to DeLeon. The parties were seen together in the car of the deceased at Carbon, which is in Eastland County, and the deceased there inquired the way to DeLeon. Gorman, also in Eastland County, was some miles distant from Carbon. The parties left Carbon after sundown. It was practically dark. The conditions were such that it would take from one to two hours to…