De Vault v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, twenty years.

State witnesses Lewis and Stewart testified that deceased *361and appellant were seated on stools at a bar on the night in question; that words ensued between them; that deceased left the bar and went into a store room adjacent thereto; that the appellant drew his pistol; that those present at the tavern hollered “Don’t shoot,” but that appellant followed the deceased and immediately thereafter they heard a shot fired; that appellant emerged from the store room, pistol in hand; that they entered and found the deceased unarmed,…