Scott v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for murder; punishment, death.

Appellant lived a short distance from the home of Robert Pedigo, whose family consisted of his wife and a little child about three "years old. Pedigo and his wife were shot and both killed about March 7, 1929. Appellant made a written confession apparently in strict conformity to the statute, in which he admitted that he killed Mr. and Mrs. Pedigo. As a result of his confession the gun with which the killing was done was found in appellant’s field where he had placed and covered it by plowing earth over it. An empty shell was found at…