FOSTER, Justice.
It is true that generally a killing by the intentional use of a deadly weapon carries a presumption of malice and of unlawfulness, but not so if the evidence which proves the killing rebuts the presumption. Hadley v. State, 55 Ala. 31; Hornsby v. State, 94 Ala. 55, 10 So. 522; Cooley v. State, 233 Ala. 407, 171 So. 725; McDowell v. State, 238 Ala. 482, 483, 191 So. 894.
We think in this case that the evidence which proves the killing rebuts...
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