East v. State

BETHEA, Judge. —

The appellant was convicted for the offense of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at four years in the penitentiary.

Appellant killed L. T. Albright by cutting him with a knife. The killing occurred on Sunday, June 20, 1926, at the home of Mr. Allie Greer. Appellant was a step-brother of deceased. The appellant and deceased and some four or five other boys were together near a workbench, laughing and talking, and “hurrahing” each other. One of the party told appellant that deceased had said that he, appellant, had not had a bath in more than twenty years, and that when…