BELCHER, Commissioner.
The offense is murder; the punishment, five years.
The killing occurred near Spur, in Dickens County. Trial was in Lubbock County, venue having been changed by the court on his own motion.
The jury rejected appellant's claim of self-defense and his effort to reduce the killing to murder without malice by testimony that his wife had just informed him that deceased had sexual relations with her the previous night. The jury also...
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