Morrison v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The indictment charged appellant with the murder of Walker Richardson, on the 3d day of April, 1897, by shooting him with a pistol. The important facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty years; hence this appeal.
In his motion for a new trial appellant excepted to the action of the court in failing to charge the law of justifiable homicide, and also because the court failed to charge the jury on the law of manslaughter; appellant’s contention being that the eiddence, required a charge on both defensive theories. On an examination of the charge we find that the court charged for the State murder in the second degree, and…
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