Faulkner v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

The admission of the statement of the deceased to the witness Williamson, as a dying declaration, was not erroneous over the objection that the preliminary proof did not show that the deceased was conscious of the fact that he was in a dying condition. The deceased was shot on Thursday night. This statement was made on Friday night. The deceased died at 1:30 a. m. on the following Wednesday. He was shot in the left leg, above the knee, and the long bone in his thigh was shattered. He was shot in the left arm, and the bone of that arm was shattered. The…