Stacy v. State

Appellant was convicted of the murder of his seventeen-year-old stepson — the son of his wife, — and his punishment assessed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

These persons and many others were attending a dance. The killing occurred about midnight May 7, 1914. It was a bright, cloudless, moonlight night, with the moon about full. The parties were out in the open a short distance from the house with quite a number of persons out there in sight and in hearing. The State introduced three eyewitnesses. Appellant introduced no eyewitness except himself. His defense was self-defense. The…