Bertsch v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The deceased was the 18 year old daughter of the appellant. She was shot at fairly close range with a 12 gauge shotgun. The high powered birdshot load penetrated her body from front to back, the point of entry being slightly to the left of the right breast and the exit wound being under the left shoulder blade.

The appellant’s confession to Sheriff T. J. Flournoy, introduced in evidence without objection, omitting the warning portion, reads:

“Sunday October 7th, 1962, was my par-, ents’ 50th wedding Anniversary, and all of…