Cumpston v. State

235 S.W.2d 446 (1950)

CUMPSTON

v.

STATE.

No. 24862.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 25, 1950.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1951.

Tyson, Dawson & Dawson, and Doyle Pevehouse, all of Corsicana, for appellant.

Charles T. Banister, County Attorney, Corsicana, Stuart B. Lumpkins, County Attorney, Waxahachie, William Justice, Special prosecutor, Athens, and George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Commissioner.

This is a conviction for murder without malice, with punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

Appellant was a deputy city marshall…