Phillips v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense, murder; punishment, 99 years in the penitentiary.

The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Tarrant County for the unlawful killing of one E. L. Churchill, and upon application of the appellant for a change of venue the case was transferred from Tarrant County to Stephens County.

The evidence shows that the appellant killed the said E. L. Churchill on March 14, 1932, in the Metropolitan Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. The appellant’s business was that of a distributor of novelties and he kept his novelties in a room adjoining the lobby of the Metropolitan Hotel.…