Garza v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; penalty assessed at death.

In substance, the state’s evidence describing the tragedy is as follows: Guadalupe Garza shot J. R. Weathers, inflicting a wound resulting in death. Weathers was a section foreman for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Garza was a member of the section crew consisting of four men. The section house was at a place called Greta, about six miles from the town of Refugio. After a visit to the town of Refugio, Weathers, his wife and child returned about ten o’clock at night. Garza and another member of the section crew,…