Pollard v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Spencer Davis, on the 19th day of February, 1901, by .shooting him with a gun. The facts attendant upon the homicide are summarized in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HEDDEBSOU, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assesséd at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years.
The evidence, in effect, shows that deceased, Spencer Davis, and Littleton Pollard, the father of appellant, had a difficulty on Monday, February 18, 1901, in which Littleton was worsted.. Appellant and his brother, Washington Pollard, were at Willis, several miles distant, but, having heard of the transaction that evening, they came on horseback to their father’s house and remained there a short time, and went a short distance to…
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