Weaver v. State

Appellant, John A. Weaver, was convicted of murder in the second degree under an-indictment charging him with murder in the first degree in the killing of one Campbell, in Randolph County. The killing occurred in the field where Campbell was at work, appellant being his landlord. There were no eye-witnesses except Lester Campbell, the ten-year old son of deceased, but the killing is admitted, and appellant seeks to justify it on the ground of self-defense. His statement of the facts was that he went into the field where Campbell was at work for the purpose of talking with him about the…