Gunn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before the Honorable M. B. Blair. Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, ninety-nine years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
— Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Bell County of murder, and his punishment fixed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.
The facts in this case constitute a tragic history. Appellant, the father of several children, married deceased, who was the mother of six children, and there were born to them five more. The children of each prior marriage seemed to have grown up and left the.common home, except that some of the younger sons of deceased would occasionally return and cause much feeling in the family. The killing took place at the home of appellant and the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
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- Shuffield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
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- Small v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1930
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