Taylor v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

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

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed A. L. Woodring by cutting him with a knife. Supporting the charge, the testimony of the state was, in substance, as follows: Appellant and his family had been visiting in the home of B. H. Woodring, a brother of deceased. On the day of the homicide, appellant had been drinking. Returning to the home of B. H. Woodring, he began to curse and abuse his (appellant’s) wife. B. H. Wood-ring objected to…