Bratton v. State

279 S.W.2d 865 (1955)

L. A. BRATTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27534.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 27, 1955.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1955.

R. G. Allen, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years.

The homicide took place near midnight in the City Market in Houston. The deceased was a trucker; the appellant was the acting Market Master.

In view of our disposition of this case, a…