Pennequine v. State

In the information in this case, filed in the district court of Osage county, Homer Pennequine was charged with the crime of murder, alleged to have been committed in said county on or about the 28th day of August, 1923, by killing one Ben Avant. Upon his trial the jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of 5 years. From the judgment rendered in pursuance of the verdict he appeals.

The defense interposed was justifiable homicide. The evidence shows that deceased, Ben Avant, had been a resident in that…