Brent v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of twenty-five years.

The facts are not materially different from those set out on the former appeal (89 Texas Crim. Rep., 544, 232 S. W. Rep. 845) save in the particulars mentioned hereinafter in connection with the bills of exceptions.

Annie Kennedy, a negro woman, was one of appellant’s witnesses. He proved by her that the deceased, a short time before he was killed by appellant, had threatened to kill the appellant; that she did not advise Brent of the threat but on the morning…