Tew v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, fifteen years.

The testimony of the state reveals that the appellant, Crickett Shirley, Homer Powell, Floyd McQueary, Barbara Jean Crawford, Janice Chapman, and the deceased, James Shobert, left the Lasso Club about 2 or 3 a. m., June 20, and went to the house of the appellant, where the appellant and the deceased began gambling with cards as the others watched while seated around a table. The deceased was defeated in the games, and when the appellant began teasing him about it, the deceased got mad, pulled a pistol, pointed…