Niles v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hill County for the offense of murder, and his punishment assessed at nine years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the appellant shot and killed the deceased, Ben Freeman, in the town of Hillsboro, about the 20th day of April, 1924. It was the contention of the state that the appellant was guilty of murder. The appellant defended on alleged insults offered by the deceased to his wife and upon self-defense. The appellant’s wife testified that a short time prior to the alleged homicide that she told him, the…