Seals v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in Burleson County for the murder of A. C. Walton with malice, by shooting him with a gun, and his punishment was assessed at twenty years in the penitentiary.

The offense is alleged to have been committed on the 20th day of May, 1938.

This is the second appeal. The opinion in the former appeal will be found in 137 Texas Crim. Rep., 23, 127 S. W. (2d) 908. The facts therein stated will not be repeated.

Both parties were negroes. The deceased was a merchant, and the appellant’s wife had worked for him. Jealousy had arisen on the part of the appellant…