Tiger v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of McIntosh county of manslaughter in the first degree, and was sentenced to serve a term of 10 years in the state penitentiary.

At the time charged, defendant and John Kelly, the deceased, full-blood Creek Indians, were at the home of defendant, both intoxicated and engaged in a fight. It is admitted defendant struck Kelly with his hands and feet and that Kelly’s death was caused by two fractures in the back part of the skull. His face and other parts of the body also were bruised. The information in…