Watson v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Murder without malice is the offense; the punishment two years in the penitentiary.

According to the State’s testimony, appellant and deceased met on one of the principal streets of Coleman when appellant was seen to remove his leather jacket, throw it onto the hood of an automobile and, without justification or excuse, attack the deceased with his fist, striking him two or three licks about the chin and right side of the head in the region of the temple. As a result of these licks, deceased “crumpled” or “slumped” to the pavement. Appellant made no further attack on the…