Norris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wilbarger. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The appellant was charged by indictment with the murder of Ed Brewer, on the 8th day of July, 1900 by shooting him with a gun.
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Appeal from the District Court of Wilbarger. Tried below before Hon. G. A. Brown. Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The appellant was charged by indictment with the murder of Ed Brewer, on the 8th day of July, 1900 by shooting him with a gun. The salient features of the evidence are stated in the opinion, and the opinion also sets out in full the requested instructions of defendant, which were refused, and the portions of the court’s charge, which were complained of, which are made subjects of discussion on the…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.
In order to properly understand the various questions discussed, it becomes necessary to make a short statement of the salient features of the evidence: Appellant was the landlord of John Brewer, and Ed (a brother of John Brewer) lived with John Brewer. Appellant lived in the same house with the Brewers, and used adjoining lots. The difficulty out of which the killing occurred arose over the placing of John Brewer’s cattle in what was known as the…
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