Hickey v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Stephens county of murder, and his punishment fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary.

Appellant and deceased were working together upon some pipe in the oil field. Appellant took offense at a remark made by deceased, or perhaps at an exhibition of greater strength on the part of the latter. Appellant was on a load of pipe and deceased was on the ground. Following some insulting language of appellant, deceased pulled off his gloves and told appellant that he would whip him if he would get down from the wagon. He declined to…