Gaddis v. State

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

Under an indictment charging murder in the first degree this appellant was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, her punishment being fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of five years.

The evidence presented by the State tended to show that on the afternoon of 8 September 1956, the appellant and deceased were at the home of Mansfield Newman, and went later to the home of the deceased.

About 6:15 P. M. the appellant returned to the Newman home and reported that the deceased was drunk and trying to kill himself.

Newman accompanied the appellant…