Williams v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being assessed at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

1. He urges a reversal for the failure of the court to charge the jury that insulting conduct towards a female relative was adequate cause and basis for manslaughter. The court charged manslaughter but not from this standpoint. The evidence discloses that the killing occurred at the house of Tishy Gay. The deceased, Douglass, went to the house and was there shot and killed. The State witness Eikner testified that he saw the deceased…