Hall v. State

Plaintiff: in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Stephens county of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of six years.

Defendant complains of numerous errors, but to dispose of the case it will only be necessary to consider the tenth ground, which is: “For the reason that the trial court committed error in admitting incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial testimony offered and introduced on the part of the state, which was prejudicial to the rights of…