Williams v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for murder; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

The parties were negroes. While appellant and the deceased were in the house of Mary Armstrong, she was called out by a neighbor. While talking to the neighbor, she observed appellant and deceased in a conflict or struggle as they were coming out of her house. They continued the struggle, each of them trying to get possession of an iron pipe. During the conflict she saw the appellant take a knife from his pocket. Another witness, who was about 125 yards away, saw the…