Brown v. State

Appellant was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree in the circuit court of Phillips County, convicted of • murder in the second degree, and. adjudged to serve a term of ten years in the State Penitentiary as punishment therefor. Prom the judgment of conviction he has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The testimony introduced by the State tended to show that appellant shot and killed Lewis Hollinshed on the 8th day of. June, 1924, without any justification.

The testimony introduced by appellant tended to show that be shot and killed Lewis Hollinshed in necessary self-defense.

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