Thompson v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of murder and his punishment assessed at death, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

*441The facts proven upon the trial of the case, as disclosed by the record, show that on Tuesday, the 30th day of August, A. D. 1932, Marion Blackerby and Owen Glass were sitting on the kitchen porch at the Blackerby home engaged in filing a saw. While thus engaged someone fired a shot from ambush, killing Mr. Blackerby. Owen Glass at the time was wearing a white Stetson hat. The hat had a hole in the brim and two holes in the crown which…