Dixon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was allotted the death
penalty for the murder of his brother. The scene of the homicide was at a house occupied by the deceased, and his wife, appellant, and a younger brother; appellant being younger than deceased. There had never been any trouble between appellant and deceased, until about an hour or such matter before the tragedy. The widow of the deceased, testifying in regard to the troubles that lead up to the tragedy, in substance, stated, there had never been any trouble between the brothers of which she was aware prior to the night of the killing;…
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- Thomas v. the StatfCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900
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