Cooper v. State

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Wise county of assault to murder, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

Brooks, a negro preacher, lived next door to appellant, also colored. There were hoys in each family, and occasionally they fought. The families were not on the best of terms. Appellant’s father died when he was a small hoy, and he and his mother constituted the family, and lived together for many years, the evidence showing much affection between the two. Some years before the shooting which led to this prosecution one' of the hoys of Brooks had a fight…