Patrick v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The evidence- authorized a finding that Bud Patrick was dead; that he had certain bruises, principally located from his eyes to the top of his head; that prior to his death for some time he had suffered from high blood pressure; that he died from cerebral hemorrhage; that a lick or blow from a blunt instrument, a fist of a human being, or a fall from a porch approximately 3 feet high, would have a tendency to produce a cerebral hemorrhage; that on Friday, the day before the death of Bud Patrick on June 7, 1946, the defendant was drinking and told h witness…