Lucas v. State

HEHDERSOH, Jtjdoke.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years; hence this appeal.

Briefly stated the facts show: that appellant was the proprietor of a restaurant in Dalhart, and deceased, Lee Cannon was a partner in a saloon in the same town, and was running the. same. They were on friendly terms previous to the homicide. Somewhere between 12 and 1 o’clock, at night, appellant came to the saloon of deceased, walked to the back room, asked deceased if any one was in there, to which he replied…