Trollinger v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary.

The facts show that on May 23, 1948, in the early morning hours, a dance was held at the S. P. J. S. T. hall at a place called Elk in said county; that appellant was a constable of that county and was present with his soldier son in the bar in such hall; that the hour of 12:00 o’clock midnight had passed; that Francis Wetzel, his wife, Helen; J. B. Wetzel, a brother; Marvin Schlemmer, Henry Winkelman, who married a Wetzel, and others were at said bar; that Francis Wetzel, the deceased,…