Johnson v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is manslaughter; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The indictment was returned in Eastland County, alleging that appellant killed John Harris on or about the sixth of February, 1926. A trial had in the district court of Eastland County resulted in a conviction for murder, the punishment being assessed at six years confinement in the penitentiary. Upon appeal to this court, the judgment was reversed. Johnson v. State, 105 Tex. Cr. R. 299. The venue was changed to Callahan County, where a trial resulted in a conviction for manslaughter,…