Butler v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense murder, penalty ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

Appellant killed Lester Bolton. A few days prior to the killing appellant had a fight with Milford Long, brother-in-law of deceased. Appellant introduced evidence of communicated threats made by deceased against him to a third person when he heard of this fight; also that Milford Long, his brother Ben and deceased, all three, hunted for appellant on the day of the homicide, found him at a carnival stand, from whence appellant ran to an adjoining stand, pursued by the three, and where he was attacked by Ben Long with a…