William v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder followed by a death sentence.

On the occasion in question, some sort of a show was being given in the town of -Areola with its accompanying crap game, in which game the appellant and Lucius Blevin, among others, were engaged. A controversy arose during the progress • of the game between the appellant and Blevin, which Blevin shortly thereafter reported to the deceased and Tom Williams, both of *605whom were deputy sheriffs, stating that the appellant had threatened him with a pistol. The deceased thereupon took the appellant into custody, and was…