Decker v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Appellant appeals from a conviction of murder in the second degree with a penalty of twenty-five years in the penitentiary fixed.

On the last Saturday night in April, 1912, at a party, George Decker, the son of appellant, had an altercation or fight with Clarence Jones, the deceased in this case, in which Jones struck George Decker on the side of the head with a stick of wood,—perhaps a fence picket, knocking him down. Later, George Decker was taken home, was up, about and went to church the next day. No doctor was called in until perhaps Monday. From the effects of this…