Hicks v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

The indictment charges by proper averm'ents that Charlie Kingston murderd Sam Griffin, and that appellant had prior thereto advised, commanded and encouraged said Kingston to commit said offense, but was not present at the time of the killing Upon conviction appellant’s punishment was assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

We do not regard it necessary to set out the evidence in detail. i’Sia'm .Griffin’s wife was appellant’s daughter. Kingston was a widower. Enmity of a serious character existed between the two men. They were carrying guns for each other, and so notorious…