Shannon v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

Appellant and deceased, Troy Taylor, had been friends. On the day of the homicide they had attended a baseball game. Deceased and one Inman made a bet with other parties, appellant holding the stakes. Appellant placed the money in his outside shirt pocket. Inman slipped the money out of appellant’s pocket unknown to appellant. After the game appellant was called upon for the money, and, believing that deceased had slipped it out of his pocket, he started to feel about deceased’s person.…