Palmer v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder with malice in the killing of Louis Drain by shooting him with a gun. The jury rejected appellant’s claim of self-defense, and declined to favorably act on his application for suspension of sentence. His punishment was assessed at eight years in the penitentiary.

The killing occurred on Christmas Day in 1947 in the town of Newark in Wise County.

The state offered in evidence the coat worn by the deceased, which had two holes in the back. Appellant’s objection to the introduction in evidence of the coat and to its being exhibited to…