Johnson v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted and given the death penalty under charge of the murder of J. B. Yarborough.

The killing occurred in Sabine County. On charge of venue the case was tried in San Augustine County. It is disclosed by the testimony that Yarborough was in charge of a turpentine camp where there were three white men employed and one hundred or more negroes, Appellant had been working* at this camp about four years. His wife was cooking for Yarborough at the time of the homicide, though temporarily absent on a brief visit to her daughter. On the night of and prior to…