Hysaw v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

Upon a charge of murder appellant was convicted of manslaughter, from which he appeals.

It is unnecessary to give a statement of the evidence. In our opinion it raised the issue and was clearly sufficient to sustain a conviction for manslaughter.

For a long time before the evening of the killing appellant and deceased had known one another and they were friends. At least no trouble was ever shown to have existed theretofore between them. Appellant, a short time before the killing, had borrowed a dollar and a half from deceased, promising to pay it on the day of the killing,…