WOODLEY, Commissioner.
The conviction is for murder, the jury having assessed the punishment at five years in the penitentiary.
Both appellant and the deceased, Leon DeBose, were Negroes. They were engaged in shooting dice when the difficulty arose, the scene being a room back of a cafe in the city of Amarillo.
An argument arose during the dice game about eight o'clock in the morning when appellant, who was losing, accused the deceased of cheating...
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