Reed v. State

PBEHDEBGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at eight years.

This is the second appeal in this case. In the first trial he was convicted of the same offense 'and his punishment assessed at ten years. The former appeal is reported in 72 Texas Crim. Rep., 1, 161 S. W. Rep., 97, from which a general idea of the case may be had.

Appellant and deceased were young men living in the same community. About a month before the homicide someone had killed appellant’s dog. He believed deceased, or deceased’s fáther had killed it. Hot long before the homicide…