John Griffin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Victoria. Tried below before Hon. James C. Wilson. Appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree; penalty, six years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the murder of M. Hanboldt, on the 8th day of October, 1897, by striking him with a beer glass. The facts attendant upon the homicide are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in. the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of six years, and he appeals.
The homicide occurred a few miles from the town of Victoria, at the saloon of Otto Fieks. It does not appear that there was any former grudge between the parties, and the meeting at this saloon was casual. A few weeks before the difficulty, deceased, Mauritz Hanboldt, lost his hat, and appellant found it. When they met in the saloon of Fieks, appellant asked deceased to give him a beer for finding his hat. Deceased…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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