Penton v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

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

The only question we deem necessary to review is the seventh assignment of error, wherein appellant complains that the court erred in not charging the law applicable to threats. Appellant insists that the evidence suggests this issue. The facts show that an hour or more prior to the homicide, deceased and appellant, both being negroes, were at a dance; that appellant was cursing in the house where the dance was in progress and the deceased remarked to him, “If…