Hampton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Smith. Tried below before the Hon. B. W. Simpson. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Smith. Tried below before the Hon. B. W. Simpson. Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The testimony for the State showed that during a negro picnic a lot of them engaged in a general fight, in which deceased and defendant were included, although the altercation began between other parties, one of whom was defendant’s sister-in-law; that immediately after this fight the deceased said that he wanted to see the defendant to stop the fight, etc., when the difficulty began between them; that the deceased…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and given two years in the penitentiary.
There are no bills of exception contained in the transcript. The motion for new trial suggests several reasons why the judgment should be reversed.
1. The first ground of the motion refers to the action of the court permitting the district attorney to ask certain questions eliciting certain facts from the defendant while he was testifying. The second and third grounds refer to the closing argument of the district attorney. These matters can not be considered because not verified by bills…
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