Talamantes v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the district court of El Paso county for the offense of murder and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years. •

The testimony for the State in this case shows that the appellant and deceased had some differences over a Mexcian woman and that the deceased had made threats against the life of the appellant; they met at a church on the day of the homicide, the deceased being in a wagon with his brother and his brother’s wife and children. The deceased was armed with a knife described in the testimony as being…