Case Name: KILLOUGH v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-10-25
Citations: 244 S.W. 531
Docket Number: No. 7129
Parties: KILLOUGH v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 244
Pages: 531–531

Head Matter:
KILLOUGH v. STATE.
(No. 7129.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 25, 1922.)
Criminal law &wkey;sl070 — Appeal will be abated, where defendant dies before it is heard.
Where defendant dies after the filing of the record on appeal, and before the appeal is heard, the appeal will be abated.
Appeal from District Court, McLennan County; Richard I. Munroe, Judge.
George Killough was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
R. G. Storey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
Appellant was convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at death, from which judgment this appeal was taken.
It is now made to appear that, since filing the record in this court, the said George Killough has died. The appeal will therefore be abated.
<§^>Eor other cases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests and Indexes