Brown v. State

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of three years.

Appellant's chief complaint is that the evidence is insufficient to justify and sustain his conviction. A careful review of the record leads us to an adverse conclusion. The record shows that on the night of January 9, 1943, appellant and Herbert Whitlock, accompanied by a young lady, went in an automobile from the town of Ranger to Mingus in Palo Pinto County; that both of the men had been drinking intoxicating liquor; that when they arrived at Mingus they went to two or three…