Middleton v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

—In this case appellant was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Mary Lewis, in the District Court of Liberty County, and his punishment fixed at death.

Without going into the sickening details of this case, which show, without controversy, that a helpless woman was knocked in the head and killed by those for whom- she had cared and provided; we make this brief statement of the facts:. The evidence is sufficient to show that deceased came to her death as the result of the criminal agency of another, and that appellant was connected with the killing, either as accomplice or a…