Mansell v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the State penitentiary.

The evidence would show appellant owned a hack line plying between the depot and the hotels in Mineral Wells, and drove one of the hacks; that Davidson Brothers also owned a hack line, engaged in the same character of business, and that deceased, C. A. Jackson, was driving one of their hacks. It appears that in Mineral Wells they have an ordinance which will not permit the drivers to cross a certain line at the depot to solicit business. Appellant at one time…