Download or read book Six Judges and a West Texas Murder written by Keith S Hampton and published by Texas True Crime. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 23, 1911, 15 yr old León Martínez was arrested in Saragosa Texas for the murder of Emma Brown, a white school teacher, and forced at gunpoint to confess or be lynched by local ranchers. On July 28, 1911, He was tried and convicted by the only evidence - the forced confession. On May 11, 1914, León Cárdenas Martínez, Jr., was executed.