Fisher v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

*17Conviction is for murder; the punishment assessed being confinement in the penitentiary for life.

The name of deceased was Theo Morrisson. All parties are negroes.

The State’s evidence developed the following facts. While Fannie Brown, George Ellis King and appellant were sitting at a table in the Blue Goose Grill, the deceased, accompanied by some friends, came into the grill and each ordered a bottle of beer. The deceased, with the bottle of beer in his hand, walked over to where appellant and his companions were sitting and asked King for a nickel to put into the…