Davis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. T. S. Reese. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, a term of ninety-nine years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. T. S. Reese. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, a term of ninety-nine years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The facts in substance show that sometime prior to the homicide, the wife of the deceased who was the daughter of appellant, informed deceased that the appellant had repeatedly tried to get her to sleep with him, whereupon the deceased sent for the appellant and accused him of an attempt to debauch his wife, and demanded that the appellant leave the country within five days. Appellant…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the. second degree, and his punishment assessed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary, and prosecutes this appeal. This is a peculiar case. Two motives appear in the record for the homicide: First, that the appellant had been endeavoring to have carnal intercourse with his daughter while a maid. This daughter afterwards became the wife of the deceased. She informed her husband (deceased)"of the conduct of her father (defendant), whereupon the deceased stated to the appellant that he would give him five days in which to leave the…
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