Rippetoe v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Collingsworth County, charged with the offense of murder. The venue was changed to Foard County, and when tried he was found guilty of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The facts would show that a petition was being gotten up to open a road along the line of a pasture leased by deceased, Earnest Gayden and another, and the appellant was interested in getting the road opened while deceased was opposing it. Some feeling grew out of the matter, and on the evening before the killing…