Martinez v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

This is the second appeal of this case, the opinion in the *162first case being found in 134 Texas Crim. Rep., 180, 114 S. W. (2d) 874. In each instance the penalty was death.

In the latter part of December, 1934, the decomposed body of. a man was found stranded in the Rio Grande River, with a cover for a Model T. Ford transmission case tied to the body by means of a rope. This man’s name was not known, but the body evidenced a death by violence, as shown by bruises and fractures of the skull, as well as numerous wounds on the body. There were certain tattoo marks over the body…