Downing v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

— Offense, murder; penalty, two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was an attendant at the Abilene State Hospital where epileptic patients were confined. The deceased, Joe Marze, was a patient in said institution at the time of and long prior to his death. The indictment alleges that appellant killed Joe Marze by kicking and striking him with his feet. The evidence for the State shows that appellant took deceased into a stool room to treat his mouth and there inflicted injuries upon him which resulted in his death some two or three days later.

Bills of Exception Nos. 8 and 9…