Echols v. State

HABPEB, Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The killing occurred in Howard County and the venue changed to the county where the trial was had. The State’s contention is that ill-will existed between deceased and appellant. Appellant had gone into the office of Dr. Leach armed with a shotgun and kept watch until deceased came along on the opposite side of the street, when he stepped out and raised his shotgun as if to shoot, when deceased jumped behind W. N. Brown and undertook to keep Brown between him and appellant…