Thompson v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, murder; penalty, thirty years in the penitentiary.

The State’s testimony shows that deceased was shot by appellant in the back while sitting at a skating rink between his sister and the daughter of appellant. Testimony for appellant tended to show that the deceased had been paying attention to his married daughter, Mrs. Dolly Skinner, by whom he was seated at the time he was shot. Letters were found in the trunk of Mrs. Skinner by appellant’s wife a short time before the killing and shown to appellant. These were identified as being in the handwriting of deceased and…