Fowler v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

It is now made to appear by affidavits that failure to file statement of facts within time was not due to any negligence on the part of appellant or his attorney. Therefore the statement of facts will be considered.

Appellant admitted that he shot and killed deceased, J. C. Barrett, but declared that he acted in his necessary self-defense. According to appellant’s version of the transaction, he and deceased had had some former difficulties in which he had knocked deceased down. At the time these difficulties were had deceased was living in appellant’s…