Barrett v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and allotted the minimum punishment of two years in the penitentiary.

Briefly, the facts show that appellant and deceased, Dutch Doss, were closely related by family connection and lived in the same neighborhood. Without going into details, the evidence discloses that appellant got up early, went into his pasture to drive his mules to the lot to feed them with a view of going to the county seat. Deceased was aware of the fact that he was going to the county seat that morning, and went to appellant’s house while he was in the…