State v. Cole

DALTON, Judge.

By an indictment filed in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, the defendant was charged with manslaughter in the death of one John Henry Rogers on June 23, 1961. Defendant was convicted of said offense and his punishment was assessed at one year’s imprisonment in the county jail. He has appealed from the judgment entered against him.

On this appeal there is no contention that a case was not made for the jury, but error is assigned on the giving and refusal of instructions, to wit: on the failure to give instructions with reference to threats made by the deceased against the…