Crowley v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is murder; the punishment, connement in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.

Appellant and deceased, Dick Anderson, resided upon neighboring farms. Deceased ánd appellant’s father-in-law, with whom appellant resided, were unfriendly. There was evidence on the part of appellant that deceased had made hostile declarations and threats to do appellant violence. On the occasion of the homicide, deceased and his small boy had gone into deceased’s field after a cow. Deceased was unarmed. Appellant, his wife, mother-in-law, and others were in their house nearby.…