Roberts v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This conviction, was for manslaughter, the punishment being assessed at four years in the penitentiary. It would be difficult to read a record where the contradictions are more numerous or more critical than is evidenced by the facts found in this record. The appellant is a stepson of the deceased and was ■ at his home when the deceased came by and was shot. The son of deceased, stepbrother of appellant, testified, as did another witness, that appellant shot the deceased because he was whipping his lialfsister, the daughter of deceased. This daughter who is said to…