Glass v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the murder of Ray Gilbreath, and upon his trial he was awarded a penalty of five years in the penitentiary for murder with malice.

The facts show that appellant and the deceased had engaged in some prior difficulties over matters that were of such small import that they must have occurred while both participants were to some extent at least under the influence of intoxicating liquor. After the last and most serious difficulty appellant and deceased seemed to have shaken hands and agreed to forget about it as “just a little drunken fight.” There were…