Hayman v. State

DAVIDS OH, Presiding Judge.

This conviction was for murder in the second degree, the penalty fixed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

Deceased was shot on the inside of his own yard by appellant on July 7th, 1904. There had been some previous trouble and ill will between the parties, and deceased (Brown) had forbidden appellant to come on his place. On the day of the homicide, and shortly before that occurrence, appellant stopped at the residence of deceased to, speak to his mother, who was visiting at deceased’s. When defendant got off his horse and started in through the gate into…