ROBERTS v. STATE

No. 27557.

280 S.W.2d 285 (1955)

Harold Leo ROBERTS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 8, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. D. Bourne, Jr., Dumas, B. F. Edwards, Clarksville, for appellant.

F. H. Richards, Dist. Atty., Dalhart, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

The jury convicted appellant of murder with malice and assessed his punishment at death, from which conviction he appeals to this court.

In view of the disposition we make of this appeal, a statement of the facts of the tragedy is not deemed necessary.

The wife of the appellant and mother of the child (the deceased), as a witness for the appellant, gave material testimony in his behalf. Her testimony was to the effect that the kicking...

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