Honea v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Tarrant County for the offense of murder and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of seven years.

The state’s testimony shows that appellant shot and killed deceased in the lobby of the Westbrook Hotel just as deceased came from the dining room where he had just finished and paid for his dinner. That he had a newspaper in his left hand and a walking cane in his right hand. It is also sufficient to show that deceased was not armed at the time he was killed. Appellant used a pistol, firing three…