Collins v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant and deceased were young negroes working on a cotton wharf. There came ill-will between them, and the evidence indicates that deceased was the aggressive party in these matters. On the day of the killing the deceased had made two attacks upon appellant, one with a knife and the other with a sledge hammer as the witnesses call it, weighing about three or four pounds. He was made to desist in both attacks. Appellant in the latter attack moved away from the deceased rapidly in order to avoid being struck. In following appellant deceased remarked that he would…