Medford v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Judgment is for murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for ten years.

R. J. Pieper was shot and killed by appellant. The facts are stated in the report of the former appeal. Medford v. State, 86 Texas Crim. Rep., 237, 216 S. W. Rep., 175.

Shots were exchanged between the deceased and the appellant, the former using a shotgun and the latter a rifle. The occurrence took place in the presence of the members of the family of the parties respectively. The version given by the State’s witnesses materially differs from that of the appellant testifying in…