Minor v. State

BETHEA, Judge.

The appellant was convicted for the offense of murder, and his punishment assessed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

The state relied for a conviction upon the testimony of William Franks and Ida V. Sickles, accomplices. Ida V. Sickles was the wife of the deceased (Jim Sickles), and William Franks was the only eye-witness to the killing. Franks testified that the deceased came to his death without a struggle after the appellant had placed a rag over deceased’s face, and that, at that time, witness smelled chloroform. This witness further testified that he and the…