Parker v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Van Zandt County for the murder of Warren McWilliams, and his punishment fixed at -five years in the penitentiary.

Deceased was a barber; appellant was constable of the precinct. There is abundant proof of enmity between the two men; threats of each against the other were in evidence, and many witnesses testified to strongly abusive language used by deceased concerning appellant, much of which is shown to have been communicated to him.

The immediate circumstances antecedent to the homicide, make it appear that one Downing and…