ROGERS v. STATE

No. 30377.

324 S.W.2d 10 (1959)

J. H. ROGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence & Florence, by Conard Florence, Gilmer, for appellant.

James L. Hartsfield, County Atty., Quitman, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 25 years.

The killing occurred in Wood County on October 1, 1956. The indictment was returned in the 115th Judicial District Court of that county.

Venue was changed upon the court's own motion to the 114th District Court of Smith County on November 30, 1956, the order reciting that an unsuccessful effort had been made to select a jury; that a fair and...

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