Aldridge v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

—Conviction is for murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of fifteen years.

John Bollware was shot and killed by the appellant. The homicide took place at a picnic.

Appellant and one, Ray Kelley, came to the picnic together in a buggy. Upon their arrival, the deceased approached and sought an interview with the appellant, after which he went to a store about eighty-five yards distant, appellant in the meantime having gone to the place on the grounds where a barbecue was proceeding and engaged in conversation with the witness Tom Traylor.…