Jenkins v. State

HERDERS OH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life; hence this appeal.

It appears from the evidence that appellant bore a grudge against deceased for some time preceding the homicide, and that appellant made various threats at different times against the life of deceased. The evidnce also shows that deceased and the sons of appellant were at outs and on one occasion, a difficulty occurred between them. Deceased is shown to have borne animosity against appellant also. Deceased, Lee Langford (a young…