Palmer v. State

ON THE MERITS.

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The trial was had in Grimes County on a change of venue from Walker County.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Major Crowson by shooting him with a pistol.

The uncontroverted testimony of witnesses for the State was, in substance, as follows: James Mullins, Raymond Hamilton and appellant, all of whom were convicts, had been sent to Eastham State farm. Mullins was discharged on the 10th of January, 1934, but prior thereto had agreed to aid Hamilton and others…