Andrews v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

*571The conviction is for murder; the punishment, ten years in the penitentiary.

The record shows without dispute that appellant killed the deceased by cutting him with a knife.

Appellant’s plea was that of self-defense and the issue as to whether he killed the deceased in defending himself, after being attacked by the deceased, or he did so without justification or excuse, was closely drawn. Witnesses for the state gave testimony which supports the jury’s verdict, while the testimony of appellant’s witnesses shows self-defense.

Bill of Exception No. 2 reveals that appellant was…