Briscoe v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apepal from the District Court of Commanche. Tried below before the Honorable J. H. Arnold. Appeal from a conviction of murder. Penalty: fifty years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
In this case appellant was charged with the murder of one j esse. Burks, and upon conviction his penalty was fixed at fifty years confinement in the penitentiary.
Appellant and deceased were neighboring farmers. Deceased owned a binder, and shortly before the homicide, claimed to have lost therefrom a chain. Some time prior to the killing, appellant was engaged in cutting his grain with a binder which belonged to a Mr. Lindsey and the brother of deceased. While so engaged, the parties broke a link in a similar chain. Not being able to further operate said machine, Mr. Lindsey…
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