Watson v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, eight years in the penitentiary being fixed as the punishment.-

After the .State had rested its case, appellant introduced T. B. Lewis, and proved by him that deceased was advancing upon appellant at the time of the difficulty, and appellant was retreating and demanding of deceased to stop, at which time deceased made a demonstration with his right hand by raising it from his right side upward, and appellant fired the shot which brought about the death of deceased. The State had not proved by any of its witnesses…