O'Neal v. State

1. As to the general grounds, the evidence reveals : That the defendant and the deceased while at the home of the defendant and while under the influence of intoxicating liquor engaged in a difficulty; that the deceased drew a deadly weapon (a pocketknife) and cut at the defendant’s head; that the defendant dodged the blow and shoved the deceased into the yard, and the deceased left the premises; that the defendant got his gun, whereupon for several minutes his wife, his sister-in-law, and a colored friend struggled with him for the gun, trying to take it from him, and during the meantime…