Brocker v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Murder is the offense; the punishment, three years in the State penitentiary.

In the light of the record, an extended statement of the facts is not deemed called for. It is sufficient say that appellant killed deceased by cutting and stabbing him with a small knife, which, from the State’s standpoint, was unprovoked and unjustified. According* to the appellant’s version, it was a killing in self-defense from the actual attack of the deceased.

The issues of fact arising were pertinently submitted to the jury and in such a manner that no exceptions or objections were reserved to…