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BURRIS v. STATE

No. 27218.

276 S.W.2d 260 (1953)

J. C. BURRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1955.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied March 16, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pichinson & Utter, Roy A. Scott (on appeal), Robert Fagan (on appeal), Corpus Christi, Harry S. Pollard, Austin, (on appeal), for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with having killed W. F. Edwards by shooting him with a gun on or about the 13th day of July, 1953, and upon his trial therefor he was assessed a penalty of life in the state penitentiary.

This cause went to trial on March 15, 1954.

The evidence shows that appellant was the proprietor of a hardware store and filling station called the Solo Serve Station in the town of Taft in San Patricio County; that...

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