DAVIDSON, Judge.
Murder is the offense; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.
From the state's standpoint, this is an unexplained killing, committed during the time all the parties were engaged in a drunken orgy.
No express motive for the killing appears. Appellant, testifying in his own behalf, admitted having fired a shot under circumstances which the trial court deemed sufficient to require a charge on self-defense. He denied having purposely...
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