Hobbs v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hill County, of the crime of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

This is the second appeal of this case. The first appeal will be found reported in the 53 Texas Crim. Rep., 71, where a fairly complete statement of -the facts will be found. On the trial from which this appeal is prosecuted, the court submitted the issue of manslaughter as a basis for a conviction, and also charged fully the law of self-defense. The appeal raises several questions which we will now…