Williams v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for twenty years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Rhue Rolland by shooting him with a pistol.

The record reflects the killing of one negro by another negro. Appellant and deceased had had a difficulty the day preceding the homicide. According to the testimony of appellant and his witnesses, deceased had violently assaulted him and had declared that it was his purpose to kill him the next time he met him. Touching the immediate transaction…