Williams v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder, his punishment being assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

The court submitted the issues of murder and self-defense viewed from the standpoint .of apparent danger and threats. A charge on manslaughter was not given and no exception was reserved for failure to so charge. The' court gave the following charge on self-defense:

“If you believe from the evidence that the defendant, Jim Williams, did, with a pistol, shoot and thereby kill the said Fulton Parsons, and you further believe from the evidence that at the time of such…