HENRY v. STATE

No. 28531.

300 S.W.2d 79 (1957)

Willie James HENRY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. McDonald, Jr., William C. McDonald, San Angelo, for appellant.

Connell Ashley, Dist. Atty. (112th Judicial District), Fort Stockton, Lucius C. Bunton, Dist. Atty. (88th Judicial District), Marfa, Steve Preslar, County Atty., Rankin, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for murder, with punishment assessed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

The undisputed evidence shows that the killing was the culmination of an argument, in the back of a building occupied by Charley Williams, between the appellant and the deceased as to whether they would engage in a dice game. Williams operated a cafe under the name of "Rumboogie," which was across...

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