Sanders v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for fifty years.

F. C. Cox, deceased, was a peace officer. An attempt on his part to arrest appellant resulted in a difficulty. According to the State’s testimony, appellant cursed deceased and struck him. Appellant and his witnesses testified that deceased cursed appellant and hit him over the head with his pistol. Appellant was finally placed in jail by deceased, but was released on bond on the following morning. The homicide occurred in a restaurant where deceased was sitting at the counter. Using a…