Boggess v. State

DAVENPOBT, P, J.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was by information jointly charged with Paul Powers, with the crime of murder; was tried separately and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to- be imprisoned in the state penitentiary at McAlester for a period of 25 years. Motion for a new trial was filed, considered, and overruled, and the defendant appeals.

The facts disclosed by the record show that Paul Powers, a witness called to testify on behalf of the state, who had been jointly charged with defendant of killing James Townsend,…