Leggett v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Cottle county of murder, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.

Deceased was the son-in-law of appellant. The families were living in the same house and were composed respectively of appellant, his wife and three sons; that of the deceased, consisting of himself, his wife and two babies, the older of which was eighteen months old. Appellant and deceased, as far as the record discloses, had never had a particle of friction or trouble prior to the night of the homicide. It is undisputed that appellant and…