Hill v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and given a penalty of five years in the penitentiary.

Briefly, the facts show that appellant was the proprietor of the Justice Hotel in Wink, Texas, and rented rooms therein; that the deceased and two companions had been indulging in drinking whisky on the afternoon and night of the tragedy; that the deceased, who had a room in another hotel in said town, seemed to have decided to move to appellant’s hotel, and had asked to be assigned a room. The deceased and his companions were conducting themselves in a boisterous and noisy manner, and were…