Dillard v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

Weaver (deceased) and Tice were partners in the operation of a filling station in Lubbock. About ten o’clock at night, appellant went to the station and soon thereafter he and Tice began gambling in a game of matching coins. Appellant lost all of his money. He pawned to deceased certain personal effects for a loan; this he lost also. He then left the station to go to his mother’s for more money, asking Tice to wait at the station until his return. When he went back, Tice was gone. Appellant and deceased then…