Stapleton v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being assessed at ninety-nine years confinement in the penitentiary. The evidence shows that deceased, Will Bullard, was in the employ of the S. A. & A. P. By. Company, and his work was at the roundhouse at night. About seven o’clock in the morning he returned to his residence from his place of duty and requested his stepdaughter, Grade, to prepare his breakfast while he put on water preparatory to taking a bath. The daughter called to her brother to get up and cut wood with which to cook…