Osborn v. State

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Taylor County of the offense of murder with malice and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 15 years.

The facts in this case are somewhat conflicting. However, as viewed from the state testimony, we find the following:

Curtis Couch, the deceased, was a blind man. On January 17, 1953, he was present in the home of the appellant where appellant seemed to have been living by himself. There was considerable drinking during the day, and the appellant’s testimony is somewhat confusing as…