Cotton v. State

The appellant, John Cotton, was indicted and convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Jim Scott. The killing occurred at the residence of Scott. On the evening of the killing Scott had given a party or candy-pulling, and the appellant and others attended the party. It appears that part of the amusement of the evening was a dance. Cotton and another person got into an altercation over the dance in some way. This person left the premises for the purpose, ostensibly, of securing a weapon; but the quarrel was taken, up by a third person, and John Cotton and Homer Cotton and another person…