Mosley v. State

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder in the second degree and given a sentence to serve imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of ten years. It appears that appellant and deceased, Harry Rapp, who was the husband of appellant’s only sister, both made their homes, at the time of the killing of deceased by appellant, with Joab Mosley, the father of appellant, and father-in-law of deceased. The killing occurred in the home of Joab Mosley.

The evidence, on the part of the state, as to the actual circumstances of the killing, which was done by appellant shooting deceased in the…