McDougal v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder and his punishment assessed at. twenty years confinement in the State penitentiary, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant shot and killed James E. Vickery on or about the 27th day of last August. He does not deny that fact, but claims he was justifiable in so doing. All the evidence shows that deceased was a merchant engaged in business at Lindale; that he had sold appellant goods on a credit in some amount, and had brought suit against appellant for $28, and sued out a writ of attachment, placing it in the hands of the…