Cortez v. State

HEHDERSOH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of fifteen years.

It appears from the statement of facts that appellant, a few days before the alleged killing, in Gonzales County, had killed the sheriff of Karnes County, and had fled. Sheriff Glover, of Gonzales County, with a posse, was searching for appellant in the latter county. On their way to the place of one Henry Schnabel they met him, and he returned with them to the house of Martin Eoblero, a Mexican, arriving about 8 o’clock at night.…