Matthews v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is manslaughter,, the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for five years.
The testimony of the state’s witnesses supported the theory that appellant, impelled by jealousy, attacked the deceased, Estelle Reado, and cut her with a knife. Appellant’s testimony supported her theory that deceased and her companion, Maudel Jones, attacked her with knives and that acting in her necessary self-defense, she cut and killed deceased.
Bill of exception No. 4, as qualified by the trial court, presents the following occurrence: The names of Parlee Butler and Willie Smith…
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