Ford v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder, the jury assessing forty-five years in the penitentiary as his punishment.

There is no bill of exceptions in the record. We have carefully read the evidence and from the State’s side, by several witnesses, the offense of murder is unquestionably shown to have been committed, as charged in the indictment, hv appellant. We deem it unnecessary to recite the evidence.

The appellant requested the court to charge that he had the right to approach deceased and demand a peaceable settlement of their difference and if he had reason to…