Williams v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

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

The theory of the State was that appellant had, prior to the killing, a quarrel with his sister-in-law, Lillie Dixon, the wife of deceased, Charlie Dixon. That shortly before the killing and on the same day, appellant stated that if Lillie .Dixon cursed him again he “would get his gun and go up the road.” He did not say where he would go up the road, but the inference is supposed to be that he would go to her house and shoot Lillie Dixon. That is an inference, but not…