Prater v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Milam County for murder, and his punishment assessed at ten years in the penitentiary. .

The record discloses that the appellant and the deceased, Eddie Jackson, were negroes; that the appellant’s wife had separated from him and was living with her sister near the home of the deceased; that on the night of the homicide there was a carnival in Cameron, and that the deceased, appellant’s wife and appellant met at the carnival; that the appellant sought to get his wife to talk to him, and that the deceased suggested or stated to…