Ford v. State
Decision Date | 23 June 1915 |
Docket Number | (No. 3646.) |
Citation | 177 S.W. 1176 |
Parties | FORD v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Dallas County; Robert B. Seay, Judge.
Shelby Ford was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed.
C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Appellant was convicted of murder; the jury assessing 45 years in the penitentiary as his punishment.
There is no bill of exceptions in the record. We have carefully read the evidence and from the state's side, by several witnesses, the offense of murder is unquestionably shown to have been committed, as charged in the indictment, by appellant. We deem it unnecessary to recite the evidence.
The appellant requested the court to charge that he had the right to approach deceased and demand a peaceable settlement of their difference, and if he had reason to believe and did believe that deceased might make an unreasonable attack upon him, or attempt to carry out his threat to kill him, he had the right to arm himself and thus seek the appellant. The court refused this charge, stating, as his reasons for refusal, the following:
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