Tippett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The material facts attendant upon the killing are stated in the opinion. Nor, is it necessary to add anything to the statement in the opinion as. to the matters pertaining to the exclusion by the court of the testimony sought to be elicited on the re-examination of the witness, Ragland, explanatory of the discrediting testimony given by him on his cross-examination, as to the indictments pending against him.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and given ten years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. Appellant and deceased lived in the country, several miles from the city of Waco, on the same farm or inclosure, 200 or 300 yards apart. On the day of the homicide, both had been to Waco, and, on their return home in the evening, the testimony indicates that both were under the influence of liquor. They were seen by parties on the way home from Waco to their homes quarreling, and, when they got near their respective homes, the testimony shows that both…
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