Williams v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant stands convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, after having been indicted for murder in the second degree.

The evidence tends to show that on the night of April 17, 1948 there had been a supper at a rural school house which was in the vicinity of the home occupied by appellant, his children, and his mother.

After the supper several men in attendance at the supper came to appellant’s premises, apparently without any prearrangement or invitation. Among these was the deceased.

Appellant’s house was close to a road used by the public, and his barn was across this…