Parrish v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for 25 years.

The trial was had in Nacogdoches County on a change of venue from San Augustine County.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Lonnie Hooper by shooting him with a gun.

The State relied largely upon the testimony of Boss Brown, whose version of the transaction was to the effect that appellant killed deceased and Ewell Hooper after having accused them of “robbing his beer barrels.” Appellant sought to impeach said witness by showing that…