Taliaferro v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was tried for the murder of John Ryals, and by the jury given a penalty of twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The facts were vigorously contested, and there were many sharp contradictions between appellant’s witnesses and those of the State. Evidently the appellant’s version was not accepted by the jury, and under the State’s testimony the following was shown:

John Ryals, the deceased, was the proprietor of an all-night ■ cafe and beer tavern in the town of Refugio. Judie Keith, a sister of appellant’s wife, was a waitress, and worked for Ryals. On Armistice Day…