Allison v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Negligent homicide is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the county jail for eighteen months.

The State’s evidence, as given by the witness Barren, is to the effect that he was employed on a Government P. W. A. project at Burkburnett, Texas. The deceased, R. H. McFarlane, was the superintendent, and the appellant had been employed on the project. On March 25th, the deceased received orders from the head office of the P. W. A. at Wichita Falls, to lay off a number of men. On the morning of April 10th, appellant came to the office where deceased and Barren…