Hyles v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of murder with malice and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of twelve years.

The record shows that on Friday night preceding the homicide on Monday morning, someone entered the appellant’s feed house and took therefrom a rifle, hams, sausage, and some bacon. An investigation of the premises disclosed some automobile tracks in front of the home of appellant, one of which indicated that the left front tire was a Firestone and had a break in the tread, but no tracks were found at the…