Hanners v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hardeman County for the offense of murder, and his punishment assessed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the appellant, the deceased, Wesley Taylor, and about fifteen other persons were engaged in a “crap” game on a Sunday afternoon, about the 19th day of April, 1925, when a dispute arose between the deceased and the appellant over a bet, in which the deceased cursed and abused the appellant. Afterwards, they settled the dispute and resumed gambling, but another controversy arose over a…