OWENS v. STATE

No. 30397.

323 S.W.2d 260 (1959)

Nellie Mae OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cutler, Houston, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

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

There is little conflict in the evidence, and it will be summarized. Appellant and her common-law husband, the deceased, were at a beer drinking establishment in Houston and a quarrel ensued. The deceased slapped the appellant several times, got his knife out of his pocket and opened it, but was persuaded by his friends to close it and return it to his pocket. Following...

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