Beasley v. State

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Taylor County of murder, and his punishment fixed at seven years in the penitentiary.

The State's testimony establishes that deceased was standing in a street in the town of Merkel in Taylor County, with one foot resting upon the running board of an automobile, the bows of which were being held by his hands while he was engaged in conversation with his sister and brother-in-law, and that from a position on a near by sidewalk where he was standing with his brother, appellant fired a number of shots at deceased, one striking him in the temple and…