Vaughn v. State

Krueger, Judge.

Conviction is for murder; punishment is assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of twenty-five years.

Appellant questions the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. Appellant was a lawyer' in the City of Beaumont. Joe Collier was a white man and Willie Ray was a member of the negro race. Collier testified that on the morning of September 6, 1935, he went with the appellant and the deceased, Willie Ray, from Beaumont to an abandoned place in Tyler County where appellant shot Ray with a pistol as he was seated in the front seat of the car. Ray…