Maddox v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 10 years.

The record shows that on the night of August 30, 1936, the deceased and a friend, accompanied by some ladies, attended a midnight show and later drove to a hamburger stand on North Main Street in Houston. After they had been served, some uncomplimentary remarks passed between the deceased and appellant, who was working in a screened kitchen. A personal encounter followed, and appellant stabbed the deceased in the abdomen with a knife which had a blade about five inches…