Montalbo v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

The two Montalbos and Lopez were jointly, indicted and jointly tried for murder of Eduardo Roquet. All three appellants were convicted. The punishment assessed against Mauro Montalbo was twenty-five years in the penitentiary, and ten years each against Lopez and Domingo Montalbo.

The killing occurred at Johnny Lund’s drink and dance place. Martin Rodriguez was manager of the place and Roquet was a cook. The place consisted of several buildings, all connected *141with one another. Drinks were sold in one of the houses referred to by the witnesses as “the saloon”; the dance…