Mays v. State

The testimony showed that the defendant, a negro, was working about the yard of the Southern Pacific Ey. Co., and deceased, a white boy, about 18 or 20 years old was also an employee about the yards; that a day or two before the homicide the white boy called defendant “Irish”; that defendant seemed to be offended at this and told deceased not to call him that, that his name was Mays; that that evening or the next day deceased called defendant “Irish” again; that defendant again warned him not to call him “Irish” and that his name was Mays, and if he called him that again, the third time was…