Grayson v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction of murder, punishment ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

Appellant shot and killed deceased. From the record it appears that there had been a misunderstanding, claimed by appellant to have amounted to an assault upon him by deceased, a short time before the homicide. Appellant left the place where he claimed deceased had assaulted him, went to his home, then, accompanied by his father, returned armed with a gun to where deceased was at work in a saw mill. According to the state’s testimony, appellant’s father at once assaulted deceased, cutting him several times…