Gibson v. State

KAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death.

For some two weeks prior to September 28, 1905, J. F. Conditt resided on a rented farm about two miles from the town of Edna in Jackson County. His family consisted of himself and his wife, Mrs. Lora Conditt, and the following children: Mildred, a girl about 12 years of age, and Herschell, Jessie, Joseph and Loyd, ages respectively 10, 6 and 3, the last named being an infant about 10 months old. On the 28th day of September, 1905, he left home very early-in the morning, near four o’clock,…