Stein v. State

DICE, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The State’s evidence shows that the deceased operated a liquor store in the City of Houston. On the night of New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1960, appellant and a companion, George Sullivan, went to the liquor store shortly before 10 P.M., to purchase some liquor. While they were in the store, a shot was fired and the two ran outside and fled. Appellant was carrying two bottles of whisky. After the shot was fired, the deceased staggered from the counter and fell mortally wounded with a gunshot in the neck. The deceased’s wife, who was…