James v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Robertson County of the murder of Claude Whitehead, and his punishment fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary.

This is the second appeal of this case. See 86 Texas Crim. Rep., 598, 219 S. W. Rep., page 202 for a discussion of the facts.

On this trial the State desired to prove by the oral testimony of the Clerk of the Local Exemption Board the classification of appellant under the selective draft, as made by the District Board of his district. It appears that he had filed an application for deferred classification, and that…