Hall v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Carter county on a charge of shooting with intent to kill and his punishment fixed at a term of 18 months in the state penitentiary.

It appears from the record that defendant and one B. J. Johnson were neighbors of several years’ standing, and some time prior to the commission of the offense charged family difficulties had occurred, which resulted in a separation of Johnson and his wife and defendant and his wife, and later the marriage of defendant and Johnson’s former wife. In the divorce case…