Carey v. State

PBEHDEBGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment fixed at ten years confinement in the penitentiary.

It is unnecessary to make any extended statement of the evidence. It raised the issue of murder in the first and second degrees, self-defense generally,, as well as self-defense predicated on previous threats. The court also charged on manslaughter.

Appellant and deceased, Will Griffin, were both tenants on the Cage farm and had been for some time. They lived 400 or 500 yards apart and in the same field. The land they, respectively, rented…