Fread v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder, his punishment being assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

He shot and killed Hal Phillips. Deceased married the widow of appellant’s deceased brother about three months after his death, and had been married four or five months at the time of the homicide. Trouble arose between deceased and appellant. On one occasion a personal difficulty ensued. This resulted in the discomfiture of appellant in the fight. These troubles grew mainly out of the fact that deceased was appropriating the corn belonging to appellant. . Appellant…