Kelley v. State

GRAVES, Judge. —

The offense charged herein is murder, and the punishment assessed is death.

It appears from the indictment that the appellant Leroy Kelley, a negro, was charged with the unlawful killing of F. A. Loyd by shooting him with a gun on March 20, 1937. The testimony shows that Mr. Loyd was the sheriff of Lamb County, and that on April 5th, after Mr. Loyd was shot, the district judge convened a special term of the court which met on such date and indicted the appellant for such killing; his trial being begun on April 9, 1937, and concluded on April 10, 1937, and the appellant was…