Louder v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

Appellant, who is a negro, killed Evans Johnson, a white peace officer. The homicide occurred at appellant’s home. The state’s testimony fixed the time of the killing at 5:30 a. m., on November 23rd, 1930, whereas, appellant testified that the transaction occurred between four and five o’clock in the morning. In any event, the witnesses for both the state and appellant agreed that it was dark. It was evidently the state’s theory that deceased had gone to appellant’s home for the purpose of arresting him. There is testimony in the…