Taylor and Morrow v. State

HAWKINS,

Appellants were convicted of manslaughter and their punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for four years each.

In their motion for a new trial appellants complain of some portions of the court’s charge, and also that the wife of one of the appellants, on cross-examination by the State, was asked a question which went farther than the direct examination warranted. We find in the record no objection to the court’s charge, and no special charges of any kind requested, and no bills of exception. While the motion for a new trial criticises the charge of the court in many…