Morris v. State

The defendant was charged with the crime of murder, for the killing of Simon Marshall, in Carter county, Okla., on the 5th day of February, 1936. He was tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to serve a term of twelve years in: the penitentiary, and he appeals.

The evidence reveals that the defendant is a full-blood Choctaw Indian, 30 years of age; that on or about the 5th day of February, 1936, the defendant and his wife received word that her sister had died; that immediately they went to a place in Ardmore known as “The Canteen,” and purchased whisky two…