Livingston v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Tarrant County for the offense of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

It seems from the record, that the appellant claimed to have killed the deceased because of the fact that he believed that deceased had seduced his daughter. The evidence fails to raise the issue of self-defense and there was no charge on this issue and no contention on appellant’s part that such charge should have been given.

There are but three questions presented for the consideration of this court by the record.…