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Stumbled upon this interesting account.
http://www.genealogybuff.com/tx/tx-harris-obits4.htm
Horrid Transaction--We had heard a week or two since that Mr. Collin COCK, of Fort Bend county, had been killed by his neighbor, Mr. Jonathan WATERS: but as we were unable to learn the particulars of the melancholy event, we forbore to publish any account of it. We have recently learned, however, that Mr. COCK, who was regarded as a very violent and desparate man, had threatened to kill Mr. WATERS whenever he met him; and the latter, on hearing this, went with several of his friends to the house of Mr. COCK and killed him. The latter was unarmed when Mr. WATERS found him and consequently, made no resistance. The details of his horrid transaction are too shocking to be published: the affair will probably undergo a judicial investigation at the next term of the district court, and it would be improper for us to express any opinions as to the guilt or innocence of Mr. WATERS. He may be, in this instance, entirely innocent, and may have been compelled to take the life of his neighbor to save his own: but if so, a fearful load of guilt may rest on the civil officers and the people of the district in which he resides. Where the laws are well administered, and the people are duly regardful of their civil and moral obligations, such an event could not have occurred. If it was known that Mr. COCK had threatened to take the life of Mr. WATERS, it was the duty of the magistrate...It is their duty to do this, and if they neglect it they must be regarded as accessories to the murder. 3/15/1847
Sherry
http://www.texashistoryhunter.net
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