Hodges v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, 15 years in the penitentiary.

The sole question presented in appellant’s brief relates to the failure of the trial court to give an affirmative charge on accidental shooting.

The evidence shows that the deceased, Emory Walker, died as the result of a shotgun wound, the gun having been fired by appellant.

There was an argument between appellant and one Otto Ockleberry, known also as “Beattee.” The argument arose over a bet in a game of Monte which was played at Granger, where appellant and Beattee, their wives, Allen Mitchell and Walter…