WOODLEY, Judge.
The conviction is for murder; the punishment, ten years in the penitentiary.
The record shows without dispute that appellant killed the deceased by cutting him with a knife.
Appellant's plea was that of self-defense and the issue as to whether he killed the deceased in defending himsef, after being attacked by the deceased, or he did so without justification or excuse, was closely drawn. Witnesses for the state gave testimony which...
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