Pierson v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment, twelve years in the penitentiary.

The state’s evidence shows that appellant voluntarily shot the deceased, George Hoppe, three times with a pistol and that the deceased died as a result of the wounds caused by the shots.

Appellant, while testifying in his own behalf, stated that deceased had threatened to kill him because he thought that appellant had caused his place of business to be raided and closed by the officers; that the deceased had so told several persons who informed him of deceased’s intentions to kill him. It…