Forrester v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, and Ralph Forrester were informed against in the superior court of Custer county, Okla., for having murdered one Oakley Sturgis. There was a severance had of the two cases. This defendant was tried and found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years. From the judgment of the court the defendant has appealed to this court.

In the trial court the defendant took exception to certain instructions which he claimed were prejudicial to him, and by reason…