Holland v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The conviction is for murder, with the death penalty assessed :

The body of deceased (the sheriff of the county) was found lying on the ground on a vacant lot in what is known as the “Flats,” in Ralls, Crosby County, by the undertaker. Five bullet wounds were on the body: three in the head, one through the shoulder and chest, and one on the index finger of the left hand. The time the body was found is not fixed, further than as on the 2d day of August, 1947.

Deceased was last seen alive by the witness James, who operated a filling station located about a quarter of a mile east…