Crittendon v. State

The plaintiff in error, W. A. Crittendon, has appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Weakley County, rendered upon a conviction for murder in the second degree, carrying with it a sentence to the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of not less than ten years nor more than twelve years.

In support of an assignment of error that the evidence preponderates against the verdict, the plaintiff in error relies upon the law of self-defense.

The plaintiff in error and the deceased, W. F. Alexander, men of mature years, were first cousins. It appears from the record that Alexander was…