Bratton v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years.

*624The homicide took place near midnight in the City Market in Houston. The deceased was a trucker; the appellant was the acting Market Master.

In view of. our disposition of this case, a recitation of the facts will not be necessary other than to outline appellant’s defense as shown by his testimony. He stated that, according to the rules of the market, truckers were not permitted to sleep in their trucks except in Section A. The reason for this regulation was that Section A was next to the market office, and it was easy…