Wood v. State

MORROW, Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of murder and pun- , ishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

Appellant, using a shotgun, shot deceased, Mike Yeager, twice and killed him. They had a wordy altercation the day before the homicide. Deceased became angry and went to his home and started away with his pistol, making threats, but upon importunities of his wife and friends remained at home. Appellant and deceased were both negroes, and on the day of the homicide deceased went to the home of a white man for whom he had done work at intervals for several years. He took…