Martin v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in ,the state penitentiary for a period of seven years.

The testimony on behalf of the state shows that the defendant was a resident, of Cotton county, on October 9, 1935; that he was cultivating a portion of a farm belonging to a man by the name of Telford, which was located in the south part of Stephens county, the west line of the farm being, the dividing line between Stephens and Cotton counties; the said farms being located about…