Gibbs v. State

The defendant killed Will Burrows in the morning of March 3, 1927, by shooting him with a gun. The tendencies of the evidence introduced by the state were to the conclusion that defendant was guilty of murder, and certainly, if believed beyond a reasonable doubt, was sufficient to sustain the verdict rendered. The tendencies of the evidence introduced by defendant were to the conclusion that the killing was done under a pending necessity to take life, and under circumstances that proved self-defense, or that it was done in the heat of passion engendered by abuse and an actual assault, and…