Clay v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was charged by the indictment with the murder of Will Griffin, in Smith Count}', on the 24th day of June, 1901, by shooting him with a pistol. The essential facts which brought about and were attendant upon the killing are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of twenty-one years.
In the city of Tyler, in one of its must public places, where, by reason of a barber shop, saloon, drugstore and soda fountain, large numbers of people were in the habit of congregating, this killing occurred about 6 o’clock in the evening. Deceased, Griffin, was an employe of Mayer & Schmidt, merchants, being their collector and assistant bookkeeper. About half an hour previous to the homicide deceased approached…
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