Autry v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

The facts show that Hal Smith, the deceased, a brother-in-law of appellant, had some kind of an argument or difficulty with appellant, who was a constable, and during the controversy appellant’s pistol was discharged, and a bullet therefrom striking the deceased just back -of the left arm and ranging down through the vital organs of his body, and lodged in his right crotch, from which wound the deceased shortly died.

The facts surrounding the shooting were strongly…