Crowder v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Collin. Tried below before the Hon. N. H. Garnett. Appeal from a conviction of negligent homicide of the first degree; penalty, one year confinement in the county jail.
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Appeal from the District Court of Collin. Tried below before the Hon. N. H. Garnett. Appeal from a conviction of negligent homicide of the first degree; penalty, one year confinement in the county jail. The testimony of the State’s witnesses showed (as per statement of Assistant Attorney General, which is substantially correct) that defendant had been drinking on the day of the homicide; that he stated that deceased would not rent some land to him and that he would not live to rent it to anybody else; that he took a pistol out of the trunk after supper and went out to the road and stopped…
1Opinion of the Court
PBENDEBGAST, PRESIDING Judge.
Appellant was indicted and tried for murder. He was convicted of negligent homicide of the first degree, and his punishment assessed at one year in jail.
Appellant correctly states that the theory of the State was that appellant was guilty of murder or of said degree of negligent homicide. His defense was that the killing was simply accidental.
The court correctly submitted his defense in a charge not complained of. The jury found against him on evidence which fully' justified their finding on this issue.
The court submitted the issue of murder and also said degree…
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