Anderson v. State

MORROW, Judge.

The appellant, a negro man, shot and killed Clarence Potter, a white man. He is under conviction for murder with the death penalty assessed.

The facts are not dissimilar from those developed upon the former appeal, 85 Texas Crim. Rep., 422, 214 S. W. Rep., 353. In the evidence of matters preceding the homicide, there is but little conflict. The deceased owned a farm, ten acres of which, with a house, was rented to appellant, who worked the land, also doing some work for the deceased. On the evening preceding the homicide, the deceased complained of the manner in which the…