Taylor v. State

Joe Taylor, plaintiff in error, in this opinion referred to as the defendant, was by information filed in the district court of Goal county, January 6, 1919, charged with the murder of Antonio Bodriguez on the 13th day of December, 1918. At the trial, on October 2, 1919, by verdict of the jury he was found guilty as charged, and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment. After hearing of a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, the defendant appealed from the judgment on the verdict.

The evidence on the part of the state was to the effect that the deceased, Antonio Bodriguez, commonly…