Simpkins v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Hill county of the offense of murder, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.

There are a number of questions raised by the record, all of which have been considered by us but none of which in our opinion present any error except the refusal of the learned trial judge to permit the defense to prove a statement made by appellant to the justice of the peace shortly after the homicide.

The killing took place in front of a building which was in course of construction in the town of Hubbard City, Texas. Deceased…