Morris v. State

246 S.W.2d 184 (1951)

MORRIS

v.

STATE.

No. 25468.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 14, 1951.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1952.

Putney & Ritchey, Victoria, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life imprisonment.

A witness for the State testified that appellant, on Saturday afternoon on the main street of Victoria, drew a pistol as he approached deceased, cursed him, and then fired several shots at close range into the body of deceased.

Appellant offered two witnesses, his wife and his daughter, who…