Burkhalter v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of Tellie Manning, and his punishment assessed at ten years confinement in the State penitentiary.

There is in the record some twenty-five bills of exception. We have read and considered each of them, but as the case will be reversed we do not deem it necessary to discuss those that, in our opinion, present no error.

On the trial of the case the State called Miss Oda Grace as a witness, and she testified that on Sunday preceding the homicide she had heard appellant say that if deceased ever crossed his path he, appellant, would kill him. On…