Taylor v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, 5 years.

The appellant was the proprietor of a beer establishment on the night charged in the indictment and, as such, had separated the deceased and another of his patrons who got into an argument over a woman. The deceased resented the appellant’s intervention and addressed some opprobrious epithets toward the appellant, who countered by commanding the deceased to go home. The deceased started to leave but overheard the appellant state “I hope he comes back” and promptly obliged. As the deceased advanced upon the appellant, the…