DAVIS v. STATE

No. 26954.

268 S.W.2d 152 (1954)

DAVIS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas, Thomas & Jones, by George T. Thomas, Big Spring, for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 20 years.

A recitation of the facts will not be deemed necessary in view of our disposition of this cause other than to state that the homicide grew out of the fact that appellant's wife had left him and that the deceased had furnished the money in order for her to do so. Appellant's wife did not testify. At the time of the trial of this cause there was pending a civil suit brought by the appellant against...

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