Ward v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Appellant Appellant is under conviction for murder of Sam Tonnahill with punishment of five years in the penitentiary.

The killing occurred in April, 1921 at a school entertainment." The State's evidence indicated that appellant shot deceased at a time when the latter was unaware of appellant’s presence; that the shots all entered the rear portion of the body, some being fired after deceased had fallen. In developing its case in chief the State did not undertake to show motive for the killing but rested its case upon proof of the immediate facts in connection with the…