Roberson v. State

BOULDIN, Justice.

Eddie Roberson killed Willie James Jefferson by cutting him with a knife.

There were no eyewitnesses to the fatal rencounter, except defendant, who took the stand in his own behalf.

Will Holliday, first witness for the State, testified to seeing defendant at the house of Mose Roberson soon after the killing; that he was wounded and bloody. On cross-examination of this witness the record recites the following:

“When I saw defendant at Mose Roberson’s house he had blood on his head. He had a wound on his head. I didn’t examine it, but could see the blood coming from it. There were…