MATTHEWS v. STATE

No. 28553.

297 S.W.2d 142 (1956)

Ed Frank MATTHEWS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stone & Stone, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert W. Murphey, Dist. Atty., Nacogdoches, Paul B. Cox, County Attorney, Rusk, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder without malice; the punishment, 5 years.

The appellant and deceased were brothers, and the homicide occurred near the home of their father. Both of the participants and one of the witnesses admittedly had been drinking. Shortly before the homicide, there was some discussion between the appellant and the deceased about which one was "the best man."

Mary Joe Jones, a neighbor, testified that she came upon...

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