Temple v. State

On an indictment for murder, W. L. Temple, the appellant, sixteen years of age, was convicted of manslaughter in the hilling of Odell Flynt. It is unnecessary to give a detailed statement of the facts. The state’s evidence tended to show that a few minutes before the killing, Flynt had committed an assault and battery on the appellant, Temple, pursued him, and knocked him in a ditch, as a result of which the appellant was bruised on the head and bleeding. The difficulty happened at nighttime, and later, after it was over, Flynt, the deceased, was seen standing in front of the lights of his…