Hays v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, his punishment being assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

The theory of the State was that appellant being an employe of the railroad, while in the discharge of his duties permitted some cars to be pilfered, and for this reason was discharged. It is further the theory of the State that on account of this he harbored ill-will and bad feeling towards the deceased, Boswell, who seems to have been in charge of that particular department of railway service. There is evidence showing that appellant felt sore and outraged…