Newchurch v. State

Krueger, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of five years.

The testimony adduced upon the trial, briefly stated, shows that appellant lived in the town of Wink and owned and operated a barber shop in a room connected with his home. He was a widower and had four children, all girls, living with him. It appears from the record that the deceased was a frequent visitor at his home and was paying marked attention to appellant’s oldest daughter,- Emily.

This seems to have displeased appellant to such an extent that he told the deceased to…