Walker v. State

Upon an indictment for murder, appellant was convicted in the lower court of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary.

The negroes on the Swayze and Oats plantations came together on a certain Saturday afternoon to engage in a match game of' baseball. As frequently occurs, the umpire called a ball a “foul,” and thereupon the two teams lectured the, umpire as to whether the ball was a foul or a fair one, and dissension arose between the two teams and their adherents from the two plantations, each faction loyal to its side. In the midst of the melee,…