Newells v. State

BAKER, Judge. —

Appellant was indicted and tried in the district court of Hill County, charged with killing Tucker Haywood with malice aforethought by shooting him with a gun, and convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at three years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant complains in several instances of the charge of the court, some of which relate to the charge on murder, which was eliminated by reason of a verdict for manslaughter.

Appellant complains of the eleventh paragraph of the court’s charge, on threats, upon the ground that same is too restrictive, and of that…