Abston v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Rebecca Coursey by beating her with a hame.

C. Matura, an accomplice witness, testified that he killed deceased by beating her with a hame. According to the version of the witness, appellant induced him to commit the homicide. He testified that appellant was near the house when he killed deceased. The State introduced in evidence three confessions of the appellant, in each of which it was stated that appellant induced Matura to commit…