Williams v. State

Williams and Deen both claimed the right of possession of a certain house. Deen moved his tenant, Jones, into the house about which there was a disputed ownership. The next day after Jones moved in, the defendant, Williams, armed with a gun and accompanied by his son-in-law and several persons, came to the disputed tenement and demanded possession of the same from Jones and his wife, in very emphatic language. Defendant' asked Mrs. Jones for the keys, and, upon her refusal to surrender them, said to her that if she did not give possession of the house there would be a worse time than there…