Taylor v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder with malice aforethought, and his punishment was assesed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years.

The testimony adduced by the State, in substance, is as follows: Allen Massey, a son of W. E. Massey, was employed by the deceased as a clerk at a gasoline station. Complaints had been made to the deceased about the conduct of young Massey towards ladies who came to the station to make purchases. On the afternoon of July 4th, while the appellant was *352at the home of W. E. Massey, deceased drove up to the yard…