Clements v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at fifteen years confinement in the penitentiary.

The court submitted murder in the first and second degrees, manslaughter and self-defense. This statement is made to show the view the trial court took of the evidence, and to avoid the necessity, as we view the matter, in making a statement of the facts.

1. The question in regard to the application for continuance and newly discovered evidence set up in the motion for new trial, will not be considered inasmuch as these matters may not…