Metz v. State

KRUEGER, JUDGE.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of murder without malice, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of three years.

The record discloses that on Saturday evening, after sundown, the appellant appeared at the home of F. P. Howell; that he went into the kitchen with F. P. Howell, and Mrs. Howell was preparing the evening meal; that appellant and Howell started to go to town in the appellant’s car when some trouble occurred between them resulting in the fatal stabbing or cutting of F. P. Howell by the appellant. The…