Gee v. State

Appellant Gee was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the penitentiary. He was tried on an indictment for murder in the killing of E. D. Shultz. The main argument for reversal is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction.

The homicide occurred in the suburbs of West Point near a ditch which was a part of the highway abutting the property occupied by the appellant and others. The appellant had leased from the owner a lot upon which was situated three buildings, which were occupied as dwellings, one of which was a store building occupied…