Ex parte Selby

To show appellant’s guilt of the crime of accomplice to the murder of his wife it was necessary for the state to show that the alleged principals were guilty of the murder of the wife (Sarli v. State, 80 Tex. Cr. R. 161, 189 S.W. 149).

To meet that burden, the state relied upon the written confession of two of the alleged principals, Patra Mae Bounds and Clarence Collins.

For instant purposes, it may be said that the confessions were sufficient to show guilt and that the wife came to her death as a result of two shots from a .22 calibre pistol fired by Clarence Collins.

After the introduction in…