Coomer v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years.

While Henry Belcher, Pete Welk and the appellant were engaged in the manufacture of liquor, five officers approached for the purpose of making arrest. Tom Wood, one of the officers was shot and killed. The prosecution is for the murder of Wood.

Prom the confession of the appellant and from the testimony of the officers who raided the still, it was shown that the appellant and his confederates, Welk and Belcher, were engaged in the manufacture of whisky at a secluded…