Jones v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant received a verdict of ten years in the state penitentiary for murder with malice, and he appeals.

Many bills of exception are presented by appellant upon which we do not find it necessary to write.

There seems to be one question properly raised in the court below that becomes of prime importance in this appeal. The corpus delicti, or the body of the offense, must be proven. This means, among other things, that in a murder case “the destruction of life must be complete by such act, agency, procurement or omission” of the accused. Art. 1202, P. C.

Undoubtedly, the State…