STAKELY, Justice.
The defendant Maurice Gammon was indicted for first degree murder for the killing of Sol Caheen Howle by shooting him with a pistol. The defendant pleaded "not guilty and not guilty by reason of self defense." He was duly tried by the jury who found him guilty of second degree murder and fixed his sentence at 45 years.
Testimony for the state tends to show the following. At about six o'clock on the evening of December 16, 1949, the deceased...
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