Young v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of six years.

The following are substantially the facts proven on the trial: Hard feeling existed between appellant and deceased on account of a cattle transaction, and subsequently deceased attempted to indict appellant for the theft of a cow, which angered appellant. On the day of the general election in November, 1898, deceased, appellant, and. Bis brother, George Van Young, were at Stubners, the polling place, in Harris County. Deceased left,…