BELCHER, Commissioner.
The conviction is for murder with malice; the punishment, twelve years in the penitentiary.
The state's evidence shows that appellant voluntarily shot the deceased, George Hoppe, three times with a pistol and that the deceased died as a result of the wounds caused by the shots.
Appellant, while testifying in his own behalf, stated that deceased had threatened to kill him because he thought that appellant
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