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PORTER v. STATE

No. 24595.

226 S.W.2d 435 (1950)

PORTER v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 1, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Barron, Bryan, Cocke & Lawrence, Bryan, Richard H. Cocke, Bryan, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The conviction was for murder and the penalty assessed was death.

The appellant is a Negro who had been formerly married to the deceased. Just how long they had been divorced is not revealed by the record, but there appears to have been some negotiation between them, by correspondence regarding a second marriage.

Appellant went to the home of deceased on Sunday night, knocked on the door...

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