Norford v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

Appellant was- convicted in the District Court of Wichita County, Texas, of murder, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

When the case was called for trial, an affidavit in manner and form sufficient for the purpose intended was presented to the trial court by counsel for the appellant, in which affidavit it was stated under oath that the defendant, James Nor ford, was insane and of unsound mind and that he was incapable of testifying as a witness in this case or of assisting his counsel in the preparation for the trial of same, and a…