Escobar v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for forty years.

Appellant shot and killed his father-in-law, Thomas Donovan. On the day before the homicide appellant and his wife had a quarrel, the result being that the wife went to her sister’s home. After the quarrel, deceased, who lived with appellant and his wife, went with appellant’s wife to her sister’s home. Mrs. Salazar, who is the sister of the appellant’s wife, her children, deceased and Frank Salazar were present in Mrs. Salazar’s home when appellant came at night for his wife, who had…