Barnett v. State

On the 10th day of February, 1881, appellant shot and killed one James Ellis. He was tried upon an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and sentenced to the State’s prison for ten years. There is evidence in the record showing, or tending very strongly to show, the following facts: Appellant is a strong, vigorous man of about twenty-eight years of age, and weighs about one hundred and eighty-five pounds. The deceased weighed about one hundred and thirty-two pounds, and was/about fifty years of age. These-persons had some difficulty, and…