Williams v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. G. H. Noonan. The conviction in this case was in the second degree for the murder of James Brown, in Bexar county, on the seventh day of May, 1886. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of seven years in the penitentiary. David Coulson was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived within the city limits of San Antonio, about two ■and a half milés west from the court house.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. G. H. Noonan. The conviction in this case was in the second degree for the murder of James Brown, in Bexar county, on the seventh day of May, 1886. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of seven years in the penitentiary. David Coulson was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived within the city limits of San Antonio, about two ■and a half milés west from the court house. He knew the defendant, and was acquainted with Brown at the time of his death. Brown was then in the employ of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
In this case it is conclusively shown by the evidence, and is not controverted by the defendant, that the homicide charged was committed by the defendant, and that it was an unlawful homicide. But it is contended by the defendant that he is not guilty of a higher grade of homicide than manslaughter, and has been illegally and unjustly convicted of murder in the second degree.
To reduce the homicide to manslaughter, the defendant relies upon insulting language used by the deceased to defendant’s wife, the defendant not being present at the time'of such insult, but, having been…
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