Young v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death. The facts in substance show, that deceased, who was a girl 16 or 17 years of age, at the instance of her mother, or on account of mistreatment on the part of her mother, decided to live with appellant and his wife. The indictment charges that appellant did unlawfully kill deceased by beating, bruising and wounding her with a blacksnake whip and stick and a hoe, and a hoe-handle, and a rock and a plank, and a board and a rope, and by kicking her with his foot and by stamping her with his…