State v. Hernandez

Rafael Hernandez, Victor Araiza, and Enrique Rivera were jointly informed against for the killing of Dyman Garrett. Hernandez and Araiza were convicted of murder in the first degree and have appealed. Rivera was not apprehended.

The body of Lyman Garrett, a deputy sheriff of Hidalgo county, was found on the morning of February 3, 1930, lying near the door of the jail at Valedon, a mining camp in that county. There were on the ground some signs of a struggle. Death had been caused by a skull fracture produced by a blow from some instrument. His pistol was missing, but broken parts of the pearl…