Rawls v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for three years.

*416It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Walter S. May by shooting him with a gun.

The proof on the part of the State was to the effect that on the morning of April 3rd, 1933, deceased was returning from the home of his nephew when appellant shot him. Deceased fell back in his wagon and his team ran away, carrying him to the home of Will Lewis. Lewis carried him to a hospital where he died. Deceased was unarmed at the time he was shot,…