Haithcock v. State

The plaintiff in error, Jim Haithcock, defendant in the trial court, was by information charged with the murder of Mrs. A. L. Jackson, on the 13th day of November, 1935, near the city of Walters, in Cotton county, Okla., by recklessly driving a Ford truck while under the influence of intoxicating liquor; was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve eight years in the state penitentiary. To reverse the judgment of the trial court Jim Haithcock preserved his record and has appealed to this court.

The substance of the testimony is that on November 13, 1935,…