Haggard v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Delaware county of manslaughter in the first degree, and was sentenced to serve a term of 18 years in the state penitentiary.

The state’s testimony discloses a state of facts about as follows: Defendant was a neighbor of T. J. Bolen, the deceased. There had been some disagreement between them about a line fence. Prior to the homicide, deceased had bought a small crop of com on land adjoining defendant, but which belonged to a third person and which land defendant had leased for the following season. A…