Swann v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
— Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Grayson County of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary.
Appellant killed one Dewey Woodruff the husband of his daughter. Prom his story and the testimony of his witnesses there appeared to be adequate, cause to reduce the homicide to manslaughter, and this was done by the jury in their verdict. Many of the complaints made on this appeal are of matters which relate solely to rulings of the trial court and other matters affecting the issue of manslaughter, and in view of the fact that the…
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