Stelman v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for murder; punishment, ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

From the testimony we judge appellant was a contractor, having a lot of teams, and that deceased was working for him. It was shown in the testimony that appellant was indebted to deceased several hundred dollars, and the inference is strong that deceased was trying to collect the debt. Appellant had tried to borrow the money from parties who testified.

Discussing the points raised in the order they appear in appellant’s brief, we observe that complaint is made of the admission of statements of appellant…