Rushing v. State

The appellant was indicted for the killing of David Hodges. He was charged with murder in the first degree; he was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for fifteen years. The deceased and the appellant were competitors in the jewelry business in Gurdon, Arkansas, and were not on friendly terms. The appellant was local watch inspector for the Missouri Pacific Railway 'Company at Gurdon and had been for several years. There was apparently some dissatisfaction among the railroad men, and they wanted the deceased to inspect their…