Sims v. State

HENDERSON", Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at four years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.

This is the second appeal in this case, appellant having previously been convicted of murder in the second degree, and the case was reversed at the Austin term, 1896, of this court. For a report of the case, see 36 Texas Criminal Reports, 154. The facts connected with the case are in the main as developed at the former trial, and we quote substantially therefrom, as follows: “The facts of this case show that the homicide occurred in regard to a dispute as…