Lee v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Collin. Tried below before the Hon. R. Maltbie. The indictment charged the appellant with the murder of one Emmet Johnston, on the first day of January, 1884, in Collin county, Texas. The trial resulted in his conviction for manslaughter, and his punishment was affixed by the jury at a term of two and a half years in the penitentiary. The opinion sufficiently discloses the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
This is a conviction for manslaughter. It appears from the record that the deceased, Emmet Johnston, and his brother, Eugene Johnston, W. E. Douglas, and the defendant, Lee, were in the store house of W. E. Douglas on the first day of January, 1884, sitting around the store. W. E. Douglas was *242a cousin of the deceased. Lee said to the deceased: “How do you like the horse I let you have?” Deceased replied: “Very well.” The defendant said: “Is he as good as I recommended him to be?” Deceased said: “He is not.” Defendant said: “He is as good.” Deceased said: “You are a liar.”…
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