Choate v. State

Sam Choate was on the 23d day of January, 1919, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, for the killing of Pink Murphy on the 6th day of October, 1918. From the judgment and sentence of the trial court, he appeals to this court.

The evidence discloses that at the time of the homicide-Sam Choate, plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defend-, ant, was a farmer, 62 years of age, residing about four miles, west of Altus, in Jackson county, Okla., where he had lived, for some time with his family, consisting of a wife and several, children. The deceased, Pink Murphy, lived in the…