JONES v. STATE

No. 26737.

265 S.W.2d 116 (1954)

JONES v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 20, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Hollowell, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., George P. Blackburn, George Seale, and Fred M. Bruner, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 50 years.

Special Officer Frank testified that on the night in question he was on duty at the State Fair; that his attention was directed to two people who were at an isolated spot in the fair grounds; that he started toward them; that the woman turned to leave the man whom he later learned was the appellant and said, "Leave me alone"; that the appellant grabbed her "round the neck like this," stabbed...

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