Graham v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder for having shot and killed A. W. Love, on the 5th day of August, 1921, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment for life at hard labor. He has appealed from the judgment rendered upon such conviction. The defense was justifiable homicide. The undisputed facts are as follows:

A. W. Love, deceased, and the defendant, W. Z. Graham, both lived in the town of Bluejacket, within a block of each other. A difficulty had arisen between them by reason of án alleged insulting remark made by the defendant to the wife of the deceased about four months…