C. D. Liggins v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder without malice; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Earlene Myams by stabbing her with a knife.

The homicide occurred on the 14th of August, 1935, in a negro cafe in the city of Cleburne. Deceased, who was a young negro girl, weighed approximately 105 pounds. Appellant, who is also a negro, was about 21 years of age at the time of the homicide. According to the testimony of John Arm strong, a witness for the State, deceased, who was…