Burnett v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in Fannin County, in August, 1903, for the murder of one E. J. Johnson. At a former trial he was convicted of manslaughter, which conviction was subsequently set aside and in March of this year he was again put on trial in the District Court of Fannin County, and was again convicted of manslaughter and Ms punishment fixed at- confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years. Both of the parties were negroes. The deceased was a very large man, some six feet, three or four inches tall, and weighing more than two hundred pounds and was a man of…