Conley v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The indictment charged murder in the first degree. Defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years.

The evidence tends to show that appellant and his wife were separated. Appellant and three of his children lived at Hobson City. His wife, the remaining children, and a married daughter and her husband, lived in a house owned by appellant. There was evidence that deceased had been living with appellant’s wife.

It is undisputed that appellant and McBride, the deceased, had a difficulty at a cafe or dance hall…