Davis v. State

The plaintiff in error, John Davis, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was jointly with Joe Davis, his brother, informed against for murder, tried separately, and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary at hard labor for a term of 25 years. To reverse the judgment rendered, the defendant brings this appeal.

This case is'a companion case to the case of Joe Davis v. State No. 2619), ante, p. 386, 177 Pac. 621, recently affirmed by this court, and both cases are submitted upon substantially the same brief, and all of the errors assigned…