Hanks v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; punishment, fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of fifty years.

On the night of March 25, 1924, the deceased, John W. Martin, was killed. In the same encounter Bud Dixon was also killed. I. V. Nobles was wounded by blows over the head, and T. O. Vaught received two gunshot wounds in one of his legs. Appellant received gunshot wounds in both of his legs and a slight wound in his arm. The tragedy took place on a bridge. An automobile driven by Bud Dixon in which I. V. Nobles and the appellant were also traveling was stopped at the…