Moree v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Murder is the offense; the punishment, twenty years in the penitentiary.

The Scott Apartments in Borger, Texas, operated by H. F. Troth, consisted of a series of one and two-room apartments housed in two separate one-story buildings — a south building and a .north building. A concrete walkway about six feet in width separated the two buildings.

On the afternoon of January 6, 1944, the deceased, Jeff Williáms, rented and was assigned to Apartment No. 27 in the south building. Appellant and his wife, at that time and for some time prior, occupied Apartment No. 8 in the north…