Proctor v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was tried in the District Court of Cass County and convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the State penitentiary.

The evidence in substance shows that deceased, Harry Newman, a young man, was at a picnic near the town of Jefferson, having gone there from Marshall where he lived; that he offered an insult to Miss Effie Proctor, the daughter of W. R. Proctor; that W. R. Proctor is a brother of Chas. H. Proctor. The evidence further shows that the deceased invited Miss Effie Proctor to go with him for a walk and when a short…