Valentine v. State

Statement of the Case.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for manslaughter in the first degree rendered against the defendant, George Valentine, in the district court of Kiowa county, wherein he was convicted of having shot and killed one Ray Phifer, and sentenced to serve a term of eight years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

This killing occurred on the night of the 25th day of March, 1917, near the Semone or Arkansas Bend schoolhouse in the eastern part of Kiowa county. The defendant, George Valentine, was a farmer, living at that time about 100 yards north of said…