Lewis v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

— The offense is.murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of fifteen years.

This is the second appeal. A recital of the facts will be found in the report of the former case, 231 S. W. Rep., 113.

Immediately following the several paragraphs of the charge submitting to the jury the offense of murder, the court instructed the jury that if in their minds there was a reasonable doubt as to the appellant’s guilt of murder, he should be acquitted of that offense, and they might then determine whether or not he was guilty of the offense of manslaughter.…