Rice v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death.-

The testimony in this case for the State and defense is, in substance, as follows:

“Louey Thompson, witness for the State, testified as follows: I am a saloon man; remember the killing, was working for Mr. Luther Phelan at the time he was killed. I saw Mark Rice in'the saloon that-night, the first time, about 10 o’clock. He came with three gentlemen, one named Dunn, and the other named Clarice, and I believe the other was a carpenter. I forget his name. He remained about ten minutes. They…