Hogan v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for murder; punishment, death.

Appellant was convicted for the murder of his wife. They lived some distance out from the town of Mercedes in Hidalgo County, on a ranch, by themselves; their children being grown. Appellant’s wife disappeared about the 16th of November, 1982. She was apparently a very hard-working woman, and assisted her husband in carrying on the work of the ranch, rounding up cattle, milking them, dipping them, carrying on the work of her house, etc., etc. It was shown by testimony that she had been to Harlingen the day before her disappearance and…