Aycock v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitent}, ary.

It was seriously controverted on the trial as to who began the difficulty. There is evidence from the witnesses for the State and appellant that deceased was the aggressor, even to the extent of provoking the difficulty. This evidence shows that deceased and appellant had had some trouble about settlements of financial matters which were finally compromised on the day of the homicide and preceding the difficulty. There were communicated threats by deceased to take…