Hill v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is murder; the punishment, death.
It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Nellie Mae Hill by throwing the said Nellie Mae Hill down, pouring gasoline on her and setting her afire.
The State introduced in evidence appellant’s confession in which he admitted that he had burned the deceased to death by pouring gasoline on her and setting her afire. The dying declaration of deceased introduced in evidence corroborated appellant’s confession. Testifying in his own behalf, appellant repudiated the confession. It was…
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