Ritter v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— Appellant was convicted of murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of ten years.

The deceased, Stockwell, was killed on the public square at McKinney, Texas, on the evening of the 11th day of June. The cause of his death was a gun-shot wound, taking effect in his breast and going through his body.

The. evidence shows the shot to have been fired by J. C. Martin. His conviction for the offense was affirmed. See No. 6416, recently decided but not yet reported.

The eyewitness Rutledge described the tragedy and declared that soon after the…