Davis v. State

CHRISTIAN, JUDGE.

The offense is murder; the punishment, death.

It was charged in the indictment, in substance, that appellant, with malice aforethought, killed Arthur Dowd by shooting him with a gun.

Appellant’s wife had been employed in the hotel operated by deceased. For some reason she had been discharged. Accompanied by his wife, appellant went to the hotel and asked deceased about discharging his wife. According to the version of the state, when deceased told appellant to see the housekeeper about the matter, appellant said: “You haven’t heard the end. of this yet.” Deceased got up and…