Deaton v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

The appellant was indicted in the District Court of San Saba County for using violent and abusive language to and concerning one R. A. Brazil under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. The indictment soon thereafter was transferred to the county court of the county above named and on trial appellant was convicted and his punishment assessed at a fine of $5.

The evidence in the case showed substantially that Brazil had purchased the pecan crop on certain lands belonging to a Mrs. Prescott. These lands adjoined the premises of appellant and his…