Francis v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Upon an indictment charging him with murder, appellant was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the State penitentiary.

There is no bill of exceptions in the record in regard to the introduction of testimony; no exception was reserved to the charge of'the court as given, but an exception was reserved to the failure of the court to give one of the special charges requested by appellant. In addition 10 his main charge presenting the issue of self-defense, the court gave the following special charge at request of appellant: “In this case…