Wiley v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for four years.

Appellant, Rube Huff, and Drew Wiley, appellant’s son, had engaged in a dice game. Appellant and Rube Huff had a dispute, which resulted in Huff knocking appellant down. According to the State’s testimony, appellant arose with a knife in his hand. The parties were separated, and appellant left the gathering. It appears from appellant’s testimony that a few minutes later some unknown person shot appellant in the face with a shotgun, injuring him to some extent. It was not shown that…