Manning v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at death; hence this appeal. This is the second appeal. See Manning v. State, 12 Texas Ct. Rep., 754.

It appears that both parties were employees at a saloon of one Maxwell, in the City of Dallas. The theory of the State was that the killing grew out of an altercation between deceased, A. Riddle, and appellant, F. H. Manning, which occurred some two hours before the homicide; that appellant, whom it seems had a kept woman named Cammie, had previously made some remark in regard to the deceased…