Dawson v. State

HARPER, Judge.

This is the second appeal in this case,—the opinion on the former appeal being reported in 70 Texas Crim. Rep., 8, 155 S. W. Rep., 366. The case being reversed, he was tried again, and again convicted of manslaughter.

The evidence is recited in brief form in the former opinion, but as appellant insists that the evidence is insufficient to convict, we will state the evidence a little fuller as to the State’s witness J. H. Williams. It having been shown that appellant had had a quarrel that morning in which appellant cursed deceased, claiming that he had told a lie on him, when…