AUTRY v. STATE

No. 26828.

264 S.W.2d 735 (1954)

AUTRY v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craven & Hand, by V. P. Craven, Weatherford, for appellant.

Wesley Dice, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty-five years.

A recitation of the facts will not be deemed necessary other than to observe that deceased had been directing his attentions towards the appellant's wife and that she had reciprocated to the extent that she contemplated leaving the appellant and had discussed with him her proposed marriage with the deceased. A few days prior to the homicide the deceased was shown to have said that he...

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