Beasley v. State

I am unable to agree with the majority ruling in this ease. The evidence was that Mrs. Beasley and her husband, the defendant, were living together in Mitchell County. They had four minor children. On August 1, 1934, they had some misunderstanding at breakfast. She testified: "He did not leave me, he run me off, . . and so he was beating me over the head and slapping me with his hand, and he grabbed a chair, and before he could get the chair in position to use it I had hold of it, and he said, I will get something that will get you,’ and he ran back in the house and got his pistol and he came…