Maddox v. State

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree, and at his trial below was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary, from which he has appealed.

For the reversal of the judgment the following errors are assigned: (1) That a case of self-defense was so clearly made that the case should be reversed on the facts; (2) That it should be reversed for the improper admission of testimony tending to show that defendant was, a gambler and operating a gambling-house; and (3) Because of the improper argument of the prosecuting attorney, which was so…