Watt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Gregg. Tried below before the Honorable Charles L. Brachfield. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The indictment was for. murder; conviction for manslaughter.
The deceased, Prentice Floyd, and the appellant married sisters.
According to the testimony of appellant’s wife, the deceased, a short time before the homicide, insulted and assaulted her. On the occasion of the homicide, the deceased was standing near the street on the railroad dump, and when the appellant, in company with his wife and several other women, going in the direction of appellant’s home, reached the point in the road opposite the deceased, the homicide took place.
The evidence touching the incidents…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Runnells v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
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