Jones v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, murder; penalty, eight years in the penitentiary.

Mitchell, the deceased, and appellant were brothers-in-law. Attracted by a shot and screams, witness Meredith, a passer-by, ran to the house occupied by deceased and appellant and found deceased shot through the leg. Deceased at this time said to witness, “Frank Jones have shot me, he shot me in the leg. If I get up from here, I will get him. He shot me for nothing.” This statement was admitted without objection. The time of its occurrence was about five or six o’clock in the afternoon and the next morning early another…