WOODLEY, Judge.
The conviction is for murder; the punishment, 99 years in the penitentiary.
Appellant admittedly killed the deceased, Henry Stewart, by stabbing him with a knife. He testified that he acted in self-defense, believing that the deceased, who he knew had recently cut his nephew's throat, had a pistol or knife and was about to attack him.
Appellant filed an application for a suspended sentence and testified as a witness in his own behalf...
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