Cochran v. State

1. The deceased and the accused had a short quarrel as to the payment of certain rents. The deceased threw a rock of considerable size at the accused, and missed him. The accused jumped or fell out of the wagon in which he was standing, and the two went together, and the accused inflicted the mortal wounds by shooting with a pistol which he had. The deceased was unarmed. This statement of facts presents the case most favorably to the accused. It is substantially his own version of the affair, so far as physical facts are concerned. It is plain thad this makes a case of manslaughter. Conceding…