Eads v. State

HARPER, Judge.

This is the third appeal in this case, the opinions on the former appeals being reported in 66 Texas Crim. Rep., 548, 147 S. W. Rep., 592, and 74 Texas Crim. Rep., 628, 170 S. W. Rep., 145. On this trial appellant was again found guilty of murder, and his punishment assessed at eight years confinement in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that appellant killed his father-in-law on the road from the latter’s home to Aberdeen, late one evening. Deceased and his wife had separated, but at the time of the homicide had again begun to live together. During the time of the…