Holland v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The conviction was for murder and the punishment assessed at four years in the penitentiary.

Appellant operated a hamburger stand in the city of Mt. Vernon. Nearby was a hilling station. About the noon hour on Sunday, the deceased and his eighteen year old son came into appellant’s place of business in a drunken condition. Deceased was cursing and applying vile epithets to those in and around and about the place of business. After they came into the hamburger stand, appellant remonstrated with the deceased to get out of his place of business. About this time the son of the…