Ballard v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, his punishment being assessed at three yeárs confinement in the penitentiary.

Briefly stated, the evidence shows that this killing grew out of the fact that deceased, George Miller, had been criminally intimate with appellant’s wife. When appellant was first informed of the fact or learned of it, on the first opportunity he mentioned the matter to deceased, and was convinced at that time that the report was false. His wife denied it as did Miller. Subsequently, however, other information came to him that they were criminally intimate,…