Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1923

Mitchell v. State

Mitchell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided October 3, 1923 · Morrow
254 S.W. 804; 95 Tex. Crim. 307 (South Western Reporter)

Mitchell v. State

Opinion of the Court

MORROW, P. J.

Under an indictment charging the murder of W. E. Holt,- appellant was convicted, and his punishment fixed at death. In another case, tried in the same court, appellant was convicted of the murder of another person. The death penalty was assessed. On appeal, the judgment was affirmed. See MitcheÚ. v. State, 252 S. W. 1117. Appellant was executed at Waco, Tex. on the 30th of July, 1923.

By reason of his death, the proper disposition of this appeal is its abatement. Such is the order.

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