Quarles v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is barratry; the punishment, 90 days in jail and a fine of $500.00.

In October 1963, an explosion occurred at a refinery in Corpus Christi. Several workers were killed and others were seriously injured. On that day appellant and his co-indictee, MacKenzie, left Houston, went to Corpus Christi, secured lodging's at a motel, a map of the city and a newspaper which' carried the names and addresses of those who had been killed and injured, located them on the map and the next morning visited a number of the victims’ wives.

' (As to what transpired during these visits, we…