Brown v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder and his punishment was assessed at death.

It appears from the record that on the 19th day of April, 1941, the appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Hansford County, under the name of Robert Lawrence, charging him in one count with having unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Leota Lawrence by striking her with a hammer; and in the second count with having unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed Leota Murphy by striking her with a hammer. The offense is alleged to have been committed on the 20th day of March,…