Nelson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
From the testimony of the defense it appears that the trouble originated through slanderous reports concerning female relatives of the defendant, circulated by the husband of the deceased, and which fact was communicated to defendant a few days before the homicide.
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From the testimony of the defense it appears that the trouble originated through slanderous reports concerning female relatives of the defendant, circulated by the husband of the deceased, and which fact was communicated to defendant a few days before the homicide. The defendant testified that his brother first informed him of these reports and that a certain negro was circulating them: a few days before the homicide this negro was induced by defendant and his codefendants and others to retract these reports, but stated .that Bob Alexander, the husband of the deceased was his informant, and…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.
As we read the evidence, three theories are presented. The State was authorized to insist on conviction for murder on the ground, that appellant and his codefendants entered into a conspiracy to kill Bob Alexander because of certain insults which said Alexander had uttered against certain female relatives of appellant, and that at the time of such killing they were cool and deliberate and not actuated by passion arising from said…
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