High v. State

Appellant was charged by information with murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife on December 9,1937, by shooting her with a pistol. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at seven years imprisonment in the State penitentiary, on which .judgment was accordingly entered.

Por a reversal of the judgment, appellant argues three general grounds, as follows: (1) that the court erred in refusing to give six requested instructions; (2) erred in a remark made when a certain negro witness was called to testify for appellant; and (3) erred…