Taylor v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

That appellant killed Artelie Johnson by stabbing her with a knife is not denied but admitted.

The defensive theory of self-defense from the actual as well as apparent attack of the deceased, a lack of intent to kill, and aggravated assault were pertinently submitted to the jury, and in such manner as that no exception or objection was reserved to the court’s charge. The question of suspended sentence was raised by pleading and proof.

It was the province of the jury to accept the state’s testimony, which…