Stacy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Franklin. Tried below before Hon. P. A. Turner. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, twenty years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years.
The application for continuance should have been granted. The difficulty culminating in the homicide was brought about by the conduct of the deceased and his sons toward the sons of appellant. There was a question as to whether or not the conduct happened on the part of deceased and his son. This was denied by the State and affirmed by appellant and his witnesses. On the night preceding the homicide, or on the morning just…
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