MURRIA v. STATE

No. 24694.

227 S.W.2d 537 (1950)

MURRIA v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 8, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

None on appeal.

Stewart W. Hellman, Criminal Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, W. H. Tolbert, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, John E. McLean, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the murder with malice of Beulah Childs, and by the jury convicted and assessed a term of 35 Years in the penitentiary, and he appeals.

The facts show that the parties are Negroes, and that appellant was enamored of the deceased, a married woman with a husband and children living. The parties had some talk relative to the deceased getting a divorce from her husband and marrying the appellant. Eventually it seems that...

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