Manly v. State

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and given two years.

His theory of the case, which is presented by his own and corroborating testimony of other witnesses, was self-defense. It is shown that prior to this tragedy appellant was seriously hurt by the deceased. About a week before the deceased was to be tried for that trouble appellant and deceased met in the road. The theory of the State was that deceased was unarmed and appellant shot him. There is a good deal of discrepancy with reference to the exact location of the wounds. Some of the witnesses place the wounds on the right side under…