Sneed v. Territory of Oklahoma

PaNCCMST, J.:

On November 20, 1902, the plaintiff in error, defendant below, was indicted by the grand jury of Comanche county, charged with the murder of James Ferber, on September 6, 1902. He was tried and found guid^ of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of eight years.

A brief summary of the facts is that the defendant was a saloon keeper, conducting a saloon in the town of Texawa. The deceased was an acquaintance of the defendant, the two having been acquainted for several months, had boarded at the same place, the deceased…