Vaughn v. State

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice and his punishment was assessed at death.

The record shows that appellant and Donald Baker shot and killed A. A. Edwards, a policeman of the City of San Antonio, who was attempting to arrest them after he had been informed by a credible person that they had stolen an automobile and robbed two service stations.

Bill of exception number one recites that the court erred in declining to grant him a new trial on the ground that the jurors, as a whole, discussed his failure to testify. Appellant offered two jurors, to-wit: Abadie and Wunsch, in support of…