Owens v. State

Krueger, Judge.

Conviction is for murder without malice; punishment, two years confinement in the State Penitentiary.

Appellant’s main contention is that the evidence is insufficient to justify and sustain his conviction. In order that the basis for our conclusion in this case may appear, we deem it necessary to recite the salient facts proved upon the trial.

Mrs. J. N. Powers testified that about fifty feet back of her home there were five garages and a small servant’s room; that between the garages and the servant’s room was a narrow passage. On the morning in question, she heard two shots…