Gray v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

On January 12, 1907, in the village of Valley Springs in Llano County appellant shot and killed Will Phillips. This much was admitted. The appellant was at the time a young man some twenty-three years of age living on a ranch some miles away from the scene of the homicide. The deceased was a man about forty years of age and had been staying at the house of appellant for a short time before the killing engaged in trapping wolves. The parties were well acquainted and for many years had been very close and intimate friends. Deceased left the house and employment of appellant on the…