Carver v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder by the grand jury of Hill County. When tried he was convicted of manslaughter, and prosecutes this appeal.

1. The first bill of exceptions complains that the court erred in not permitting the defendant to introduce other and additional witnesses to prove that the reputation of deceased was that of a violent and dangerous man, and if he made a threat he was a man calculated to carry such threat into execution. The appellant introduced some ten or twelve witnesses who so testified, when the court asked the prosecuting attorney if he expected to…