TAPLEY v. STATE

No. 26285.

256 S.W.2d 583 (1953)

TAPLEY v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 4, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schlesinger, Goodstein & Semaan, San Antonio, for appellant.

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


GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with murder with malice, and on his trial he was awarded a penalty of 99 years in the state penitentiary.

The facts arose from the actions of people who were all drinking beer at the time. The deceased, his wife, and two friends, who had been working on the telephone system in the town of Pearsall, in the afternoon about 5 o'clock, entered a drive-in cafe owned by the appellant and ordered a bottle of beer apiece...

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