Sawyer v. State

The defendant, Charles Sawyer, was charged by an information filed in the district court of Comanche county with the crime of murder; was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree; and pursuant to the verdict of the Jury was sentenced to serve 50 years in the State Penitentiary; and has appealed.

Only two assignments of error are presented: Eirst, the verdict is not supported by sufficient competent evidence. Second, the court erred in permitting Richard Sawyer to testify, over objection of defendant, concerning prior occurrences between deceased and defendant.

It is undisputed that the…