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PELTON v. STATE

No. 30498.

322 S.W.2d 529 (1959)

Durwood E. PELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam L. Harrison, Leonard Brown, San Antonio, for appellant.

Charles J. Lieck, Jr., Dist. Atty., James E. Barlow and Crawford B. Reeder, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 35 years.

There is little conflict in the evidence, and it will be summarized. The appellant and the deceased had a business transaction involving $35 and some furniture on the day charged in the indictment, and the appellant felt that he had been defrauded. That night he saw the deceased leave a tavern, demanded the return of his money, and when...

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