Bryant v. State

HENDEBSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and given three years in the penitentiary, and appeals.

The homicide occurred at Montague in Montague County, Texas, and was transferred'and tried in Cooke County on a change of venue.

The facts briefly stated show that deceased, Jim Mack, was a railroad conductor on the Bock Island, and was attending, court for sev eral days prior to the homicide at Montague in a civil damage suit. On the day of the homicide he was drinking. Late in the evening of the 10th of January, 1906, somewhere about 6 o’clock he (deceased) was at a barber-shop,…