Cabrera v. State

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Between twelve and one o'clock at night on November 5, 1906, in Rio Grande City, in Starr County, Judge Stanley Welch, district judge of that district, was assassinated in his room. The house in which he slept consisted of two rooms. Judge Welch occupied one and the district attorney the other. The homicide occurred on the night preceding an election. Judge Welch was at said city holding court at the time. Appellant and Jose Sandoval approached the window of Judge Welch's…