Ford v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted and tried for murder, being convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at twelve years confinement' in the State penitentiary.

The evidence would show that appellant and deceased, Will Turner, had a difficulty on Friday evening, in which deceased gave defendant a whipping, and that on the next morning defendant went near the place where deceased was at work and shot and killed him. The State’s evidence is, that while deceased and some companions were at work in a field planting cotton, the shooting took place. Doc Williams…