State v. Crittenden

PONDER, Justice.

The defendant was tried for manslaughter and convicted of negligent homicide. He was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. He appeals from the conviction and sentence.

Counsel for the defendant urges on this appeal thirteen bills of exceptions taken during the course of the trial. Two of the bills of exceptions are leveled at the admission of an oral and a written confession.

The defendant and the deceased resided in a house located in a rural section of Sabine Parish. The deceased disappeared in the latter part of April, 1947. The defendant continued to reside in…