Patterson v. State

Conviction in District Court of Rusk County of murder; punishment fixed at twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The killing occurred at the little town of Tatum where deceased lived. Appellant was a tenant on a farm belonging to the mother of deceased, and his name appeared on a note given to deceased by the Nix brothers, purchasers of some mules from deceased. The note had been sold by deceased to Mr. Nesbitt, or the bank of which Mr. Nesbitt was an officer. Appellant had denied the execution of said note. According to his contention deceased had tried to force him to pay the note and…