Graham v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for twenty-five years.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed W. G. Collier by shooting him with a gun.

Appellant and deceased lived on adjoining farms. Some time prior to the homicide, appellant and one of his tenants had a dispute over the matter of moving certain property from appellant’s farm. A complaint of some nature was filed against appellant, and a warrant for service on appellant had been placed in the hands of deceased, who was a…