Taylor v. State

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.

From Ms conviction of the crime of voluntary manslaughter, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence. The appellant admitted that he stabbed the deceased, Doris Lee Broughton, with a pocket-knife, and that she died a few minutes later. On Saturday night, December 20th, the deceased had cut the appellant; and the stabbing that resulted in deceased’s death occurred at a road-house, or dance-hall, the following Saturday night, December 27th. Here is appellant’s own version of the fatal encounter:'

“ . . . was standing by the cigarette machine and she…