Cook v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. Marvin H. Brown. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, five years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion states the ease. —On question of declarations of deceased as to his relations to the’ wife of the defendant: Hill v. State, 52 Texas Crim. Kep., 241;, McAnear v. State, 43 id., 518; MeComas v. State, 75 S. \V. Kep., 533.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, his punishment being assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.
This ease, as is usual, has two sides to it. The undisputed facts will show that appellant and his deceased wife had been married something like twelve years at the time of the tragedy, having three living children. It is also a fact that his wife had been going to dance halls and places at night over appellant’s protest, coming home late at night. On this particular occasion the deceased, her two sisters, who were living or boarding at the house of the deceased…
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