Honeywell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hill. Tried belotv before Hon. J. M. Hall. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of Pearl V. Adams, on the 19th of December, 1896, by hitting him with a rock. The facts attendant upon the homicide are concisely but sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of five years, and he appeals.
The circumstances attending the homicide show that the killing was committed at night, in a casual difficulty Avhich occurred between appellant and deceased. Appellant was a boy about 18 years old, and the deceased about 17 years old; the latter being somewhat larger than the former. It appears that a number of boys Averc in a printing office situated in the rear of a grocery store, attending to some business, and among…
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