Weatherred v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punish ment, confinement in the penitentiary for eight years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed John Green by shooting him with a gun.

Deceased operated a filing station in the city of Cleburne. About 7:30 p. m. on the 16th day of May, 1934, he ordered appellant away from his station. Declining to leave, appellant used language that offended deceased. A difficulty ensued in which appellant, according to the State’s testimony, struck at deceased. Deceased secured a meat cleaver and…