Johnson v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The case was tried in' Caldwell county on a change of venue from Medina county.

It was alleged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Frank Kempf by striking him with an iron bar and wooden stick. Appellant entered a plea of guilty. The state offered in evidence appellant’s written confession, wherein he stated that he went to the home of deceased, Frank Kempf, at night, with John L. Green, for the purpose of killing and robbing deceased. He stated in the confession that he and his…