Oakley v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 50 years.

The testimony adduced upon the trial, briefly stated, is in substance as follows: On our about Wednesday, the 14th day of December, 1932, Paul and Coy Oakley visited Sherman Clayton and his family, which consisted of Sherman Clayton, his wife, and two small children. The oldest of the two children, whose name was Bernice, was 3 years of age, was a mute, and a paralytic. Defendant is a cousin of Mrs. Clayton, the wife of…