Rhodes v. State

The offense is murder; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years.

Appellant was formerly tried in Stonewall County where the offense was committed, his punishment being assessed at life imprisonment. Upon appeal to this court the judgment of the trial court was reversed (Rhodes v. State, 294 S.W. 212). The present trial was had in Kent County on a change of venue.

Appellant was city marshal of the town of Aspermont. Deceased, a young man about 18 years of age, had been warned by appellant against speeding his automobile, the warning having been given at the instance of the…