Young v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for murder without malice with a sentence of five years in the penitentiary.

The appellant was a constable in Frio County with an official salary of $75.00 per month. The city of Dilley and the merchants thereof paid additional compensation of $137.50 per month, making his total income $212.50. The Texan Cafe was one of the contributors.

The deceased was a junior college student who came into the Texan Cafe after a dance, on the night of the fatal incident, and it appears that his conduct was not in keeping with the ideas of one of the people in…