Rickman v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the murder of Marion Taylor, a motorcycle policeman of the town of McKinney, Texas, and upon his trial therefor he was given a death penalty by the jury.

A brief summary of the facts, taken from the State’s Attorney’s brief, is as follows:

“About 8 o’clock on the evening of March 2nd 1938 Marion Taylor, a city policeman, of the city of McKinney in Collin County, Texas, was killed, by being shot eight times, three times in the right front breast, once in the right arm, and four times in the back, with a pistol by the defendant J. W. Rickman. The shooting…