Ashworth v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The conviction was for murder without malice, with the penalty assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

Both appellant and the deceased were members of the colored race and were engaged in working on the yards of a saw mill. Appellant was the foreman and had authority to hire and fire his helpers. He kept their time and made a report to the bookkeeper, who paid them forty cents an hour for the time actually worked. The deceased came into the yard about thirty minutes late and demanded of appellant that he report a full days work for him. The appellant declined to do this.…