Watson v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for three years.

Appellant shot and killed Oliver Maiden and wounded N. J. Maiden. Upon an indictment charging that he murdered Oliver Maiden, appellant was convicted of the offense of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years with sentence suspended. On the present trial, appellant testified that Oliver Maiden attacked him with a knife and that he, appellant, ran backward until he could draw his pistol; that when Oliver Maiden was…