Lindsay v. State

The appellant was convicted of the murder of Herrick D. Smith, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life.

The facts of this case are briefly and substantially as follows: The appellant and deceased were comparatively strangers in the country; they had been traveling companions and friends; they came to San Antonio together, put up at the same hotel, and had roomed and slept together. On the day, and but a short time before the deceased was killed, they, in company with others, had been engaged in a social game of cards, and about fifteen minutes before the deceased was shot, he and the…