Newcomb v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at twenty-five years confinement in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.

The facts briefly stated show that the homicide occurred at the house of deceased, at Ft. Griffin, in Shackelford County. It appears that there was some disagreement between appellant and deceased, in regard to the settlement of accounts between them. Appellant claimed that deceased owed him some $60. Deceased claimed an offset against said account. The State’s testimony tends to show that the disagreement occurred…