Fanning v. State

Arthur Fanning, plaintiff in error, here designated the defendant, was on the 11th day of June, 1921, in the district court of Canadian county, convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, for the death of Garnett Barker on December 24, 1920. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term 7 years. From the judgment rendered on the verdict, he appeals to this court.

The record in this case is voluminous, comprising more than 1,000 typewritten pages. Both sides were represented by able counsel, and, considering the number of persons involved in the…