Brookreson v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The court submitted in his charge the issues of murder, manslaughter, self-defense and appellant’s plea for suspended sentence.

It is urgently insisted by appellant that the evidence does not justify the verdict for murder with the allotted ten years punishment. This is rather a close question on the facts, but in view of the disposition made of the case that question will not be discussed, but it is mentioned in view of the statements of the bill of exceptions reserved to the argument of State’s counsel. This bill recites that during the trial of the case and while…