Schoelman v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Convicted of murder on a verdict of guilty returned by a jury which also assessed punishment at confinement for fifteen years, appellant presents seven grounds of errors to achieve reversal of the judgment. Since five of the seven complain about failure of the trial court over objection to charge on one or another issue said to have been raised, a statement of the facts of the matter is required.

The setting of the homicide in question is a Sunday evening in November at Sue’s Place in Beaumont. The proprietor, Evie Sue Tillery, is the deceased, and the indictment charges…