Donohoe v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

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

The state relied upon circumstantial evidence. The body of Herman Walden was found in a pasture near an oil camp. There were shotgun wounds in the breast. Near the body were some empty 12-gauge shotgun shells. Appellant was the last person seen with deceased. They had been together in appellant’s car on the road near the place where the body was found. Appellant was armed with a shotgun at the time. The state proved that appellant had threatened to kill deceased. The foregoing…