Ryan v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

The offense, murder; the punishment, eight years in the penitentiary.

'This is the second appeal of this case. The former appeal will be found reported in 114 Texas Crim. Rep., 12, 23 S. W. (2d) 375.

The actors in this tragedy were all negroes. It seems that a supper and dance had been given at the home of one L. T. Gray. U. L. Hobbs, a witness for the state, testified that he had gone to said dance and supper and the car in which he drove there went close up to the porch and the man who was with him went in the house and he remained in the car; that the deceased, L. E.…