Exleton v. State

For convenience and brevity, the plaintiff in error will be referred to as defendant, as in the court below.

Thei defendant was charged with murder of one E. L. Trimble on the 27th day of August, 1921. He was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to serve a term of 8 years in the state penitentiary. The homicide on which the charge was based, as disclosed by the record, is about as follows: On the morning of August 28, 1921, the train crew on the south-bound Santa Fe, out of Purcell, discovered a'body on the track, but too late to stop the train and the body was severed…