Case Name: DAVE v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1929-02-20
Citations: 15 S.W.2d 619
Docket Number: No. 12231
Parties: DAVE v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 15
Pages: 619–619

Head Matter:
DAVE v. STATE.
(No. 12231.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 20, 1929.
Rehearing Denied March 27, 1929.
Noah Roark and E. T. Adams, both of Dallas, and W. F. Robertson, of Austin, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, J.
The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for 15 years.
No bills of exception are brought forward. The evidence is sufficient to support the conviction. The.state's testimony is to the effect that appellant, Dick Whitaker, and Beatrice Dave were on a street car in the city of Dallas; that appellant arose from his seat, drew a pistol, and shot Whitaker three times; that Whitaker made no demonstration toward appellant; that both Whitaker and Beatrice Dave were killed by appellant. Appellant and his witnesses testified that on the day preceding the homicide deceased, Dick Whitaker, knocked appellant down and kicked him. Appellant testified that he had been advised that Whitaker had threatened to kill him, and that, being afraid of Whitaker, he had armed himself with a pistol; that he (appellant) was on the street car at the time Whitaker got on; that later Beatrice Dave got on the car and sat down by Whitaker; that Beatrice Dave motioned for him to come to the seat where she and Whitaker were sitting; that he approached Whitaker and Beatrice Dave; that, as he approached them, Whitaker started to put his hand in his pocket, and he, believing his life was in danger, shot Whitaker; that he did not know whether he shot Beatrice Dave or not.
The judgment is affirmed.
PER CURIAM. The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and' approved by the court.