Houser v. State

The plaintiff in error, Andrew Houser, hereinafter called the defendant, was in the district court of Kay county, Okla., March 26, 1924, charged with the murder of Howard Fleming. On a trial by a jury a verdict finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter in the first, degree and fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of 20 years was rendered. Motion for a new trial was filed and overruled, and defendant duly excepted.

A number of errors are assigned and argued. It is deemed necessary to make a brief statement of the evidence introduced by the state and the…