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REED v. STATE

No. 25604.

244 S.W.2d 821 (1952)

REED v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 9, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. A. Kern, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., Charles S. Potts, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Dallas, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment assessed is death.

Appellant, a Negro man, was indicted on June 25, 1951, for the murder of Boyt Adron Lovelace by striking and beating him to death with an ax.

The deceased was a cabinet maker, skillful in his trade, was 42 years old, and was crippled in his left leg but was able to walk without any assistance. He owned a Chevrolet Car, but...

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