Carpenter v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Grayson County for manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that the appellant was a locomotive engineer and the deceased, Burke', was his fireman. Prior to the homicide, it appears that the appellant had complained of the failure of the deceased to co-operate with him in operating the train, and failure upon the part of the deceased to properly observe the rules and regulations in connection therewith, and had filed charges to that effect with the proper officials. It was…