WAMPLER v. STATE

No. 25009.

234 S.W.2d 1009 (1950)

WAMPLER v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLean & McLean, by W. P. McLean, Fort Worth, Joe Reeder, Jr., Knox City, for appellant.

T. R. Odell, (Special Prosecutor) Haskell, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, and D. J. Brookreson, II, Dist. Atty., Seymour, for the State.


BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Lee Wampler was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was a night watchman and police officer in Knox City. The deceased had an eating place in the town, the back door of which was near the rear of the post office building. It was appellant's duty to make regular rounds to the places of business where he punched his clock at stated places. He would examine the back doors of various buildings...

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