Giles v. State

McCORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for manslaughter with a penalty of four years confinement in the penitentiary. There are no bills of exception in the record and but one question is presented. In the motion for, a new trial complaint was made that the charge of the court on the subject of manslaughter did not submit to the jury for their determination all the facts and circumstances in the case, which the jury should consider in detormining whether there was adequate cause or not.

The facts disclose that in November, 1907, the defendant in this case shot and killed one Emmett…