Hyche v. State

BRICKEN, P. X

This appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree, and was convicted of the offense of murder, in the second degree; his punishment being fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for twelve years. Judgment of conviction was duly pronounced and entered, from which this appeal was taken.

The appeal here is rested upon certain exceptions reserved to the rulings of the court, upon the admission of evidence.

There appears but slight conflict in the evidence. That Jim, alias James, Tuggle, the deceased named in the indictment, was shot with a gun loaded with…