Combs v. State

Defendant Mack C. Combs was charged in the district court of Tulsa county, Okla., with the murder of Thomas Major, tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. The jury left the punishment up to the court and defendant was sentenced to fifteen years in the State Penitentiary. The killing occurred on August 10, 1946, as the outgrowth of a dispute over the payment of some delayed house rent due the defendant from Major.

The record discloses that the deceased and his wife had been drinking beer and enjoying the pleasure of taxicab accommodations during the day, and that the defendant…