Case Name: Newt BROOKRESON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-05-14
Citations: 261 S.W. 1117
Docket Number: No. 7944
Parties: Newt BROOKRESON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 261
Pages: 1117–1117

Head Matter:
Newt BROOKRESON v. STATE.
(No. 7944.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 14, 1924.)
Appeal from District Court, Callahan County; W. R. Ely, Judge.
Tom Garrard, State’s Atty., and Grover C. Morris, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The conviction is for manslaughter; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of 3% years. The death of the appellant having been made known to this court by an, affidavit, duly verified, the appeal is abated.