Cobb v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of 99 years.

The record before us, which is very voluminous, shows that the appellant was convicted of the murder of Thomas B. Gullett upon circumstantial evidence. The salient circumstances relied upon by the State are as follows: On Saturday morning, January 20, 1934, at about 3:30 a. m., Mr. Lester Wilshire discovered that his barn, which was located about 50 yards from the highway which leads from Burleson to Alvarado and Hillsboro,…