Bradshaw v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appel lant, with malice aforethought, killed Jack Wilson by striking him with a piece of wood about four feet long.

The homicide occurred on the 7th of July, 1933, at the home of appellant during the progress of a dance. Deceased was not a welcome visitor in appellant’s home because of the fact that two or three years prior to the transaction resulting in the homicide he had assaulted appellant and inflicted upon him serious injuries. It was…