BELL v. STATE

No. 29587.

313 S.W.2d 606 (1958)

James BELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman E. Hudson, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Homer G. Montgomery, Henry Lem Brotherton and A. D. Jim Bowie, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

The witness Jerry Jackson testified that appellant and a woman companion had been in his tavern on the night in question, that shortly after they left he followed and a short distance away came upon them talking in the street, that the appellant had a pistol in his hand, that he approached them and the following conversation took place:

Witness: "Bell, I want to speak to you...

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