Edmondson v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.

Fred Bollinger lived alone in a house on his farm. One morning he was found suffering from a gunshot wound in his breast. Near the bed was a .38 calibre pistol from which two shots had been recently fired. The wound was one inflicted by a bullet of that calibre. There was also a bullet hole through the roof of the dwelling. Touching the presence of powder burns upon the apparel worn by the deceased the evidence is conflicting. The first person to arrive was Shaw, and later, Jones. The…