Henry v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary ón a charge of murder.

*286The homicide took place on the streets of Dublin, on the 20th day of February, 1946. The appellant had known the deceased for a great many years, and was acquainted with his reputation for being a violent and dangerous man. They had a land deal some time previously in which an incident presented an opportunity for the deceased to express himself along this line to the appellant, which he did. In the early part of November, prior to the killing, the appellant, who was engaged in the real…