Powdrill v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

On August 4, 1910, appellant was duly indicted by the grand jury of Shelby County for the murder of his son, Oscar Powdrill, on June 23, 1910. There was a. trial of the cause had first in Shelby County at which the appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree. On appeal to this court the cause was reversed. The opinion is reported in 62 Tex. Crim. Rep., 442, 138 S. W. Rep., 114. Thereafter the venue of the case was properly changed from Shelby to Rusk County and a second trial had in January, 1912, when the appellant was again convicted of murder in the first…