Owens v. State

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and has been sentenced to be electrocuted. The indictment under which he was tried contained three counts, each charging him with having killed Hugh Throckmorton. The first count alleged that he killed Throckmorton by twisting and breaking his neck with his hands; the second count alleged that appellant killed Throckmorton by striking and beating him with a pistol; and the third count alleged that the manner and means of the commission of the crime were unknown to the grand jury; but both the second and third counts contained the…