Herrera v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for murder; punishment, death.

It being reported to the sheriff of Mason county that two Mexicans in a car on the Brady highway were supposed to have found and picked up a bag belonging to Mr. Smith, said officer followed the car occupied by appellant and one Chavez through the town of Mason and to a point some three quarters of a mile north, at which point the sheriff stopped said car, — informed its occupants of the reported loss of the bag, and the supposition that they might have it, and requested permission to search the car which, according to the testimony on…