Jackson v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Upon an indictment and trial.for murder appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at five ;rears imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Appellant and deceased, Ben Carter, were negroes with families and lived several miles apart. Appellant had a daughter Effie, about seventeen years old. Deceased had a son Clarence, about grown. Clarence had been courting Effie and waited on her" from week to week. They had agreed to he married, or at least Clarence had asked appellant for her. Appellant had no particular objection to Clarence, but it seemed Effie had…