Hillen v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for manslaughter; punishment five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was. constable of the precinct in Shelby County in which was located the town of Tenaha. Deceased had been local deputy sheriff at said place for a number of years. The men met in said town on the occasion of the homicide, and after some conversation started across the street. The testimony conflicts as to the attitude and relative positions of the two men as they crossed the street and as to who began the difficulty and how it originated. There seems no conflict over the fact that a complaint…