Dodd v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

The appellant, Clarence E. Dodd, was indicted for murder in the first degree. He was by a jury found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a term of four years.

The evidence introduced by the State was directed toward establishing that on the night of March 11, 1944, a poker game was being held in the home of the appellant. The deceased and six other men were present. During the game appellant and one of the participants, Charlie B. Pruett, had loaned and repaid $5 between them several times and some…