PRICE, Presiding Judge.
The indictment charged murder in the first degree. Conviction was for murder in the second degree with a sentence of twelve years in the penitentiary.
The evidence is undisputed that Wilson Lanier killed one Arthur Thomas by shooting him with a pistol. Lanier claimed self defense.
Willie James Jones, a witness for the state, testified he heard a part of the conversation between the deceased and defendant and that as he started...
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