Neyland v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Under an indictment charging him with the murder of Tom Gardner by cutting and stabbing him with a knife and with some sharp instrument, the name and description of which was unknown to the grand jury, appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at the minimum term of two years; and from the judgment thereon he has appealed, and his case has been so thoroughly digested, and the issues raised disposed of in the brief filed in behalf of the State by Messrs. C. C. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, John H. Crooker, criminal district attorney, T. J.…