Altman v. State

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

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with' malice aforethought, killed Sam Tanner by shooting him with a gun.

Deceased owned and lived on a farm. Appellant moved with his wife to deceased’s farm in 1929. He cultivated some of the land and at times did work for deceased, such as carpentering, hauling, and building cisterns. P. R. Allen and his wife, Velma Allen, lived in deceased’s home; deceased having reserved one or two rooms for his own use. Appellant had bought some mules,…