Trijo v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant ivas charged by the indictment with the murder of Benjamin Brondo, on the 26th day of October, 1902, by shooting him with a gun. The important facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, the penalty assessed being life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
On the night of the killing the witness De la Rosa and deceased met in a saloon about midnight. After drinking beer, they had some conversation, which witness says was in a joking manner, while other of the eyewitnesses thought it presaged a. difficulty. The two went outside the saloon and deceased embraced, witness and remarked, “They [referring to the people in the saloon] think we are going to fight, but we are too good friends to do that;” that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
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