Long v. State

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Atascosa County for murder, and his punishment assessed at fifty years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charges the appellant with murdering G. A. Strickland on or about the 19th day of November, 1924, by shooting him with a gun. Briefly stated, it was the contention of the state that the appellant shot deceased in the back without cause or provocation, while deceased was unarmed, and while the appellant's wife was admonishing him not to do so. The appellant defended upon the ground, and he and his wife testified to that effect, that he…