Hague v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for murder. The punishment, 37 years in the penitentiary.

The state’s testimony shows that on the day of the homicide, the deceased, Ernest Charles Allbrite, and his wife went to the home of appellant and his wife where drinks were mixed and consumed by them and another couple visiting in the home. While they were drinking and talking, appellant had a gun in his hand and, after something was said about leaving, appellant remarked that he would shoot anyone who didn’t want to go. Whereupon they all left in an automobile and drove to the home of Charles Tibbs. Upon…