Liskosski v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wilson. Tried below before the Hon. George McCormick. The indictment in this case charged the appellant with the murder of one Frank Mandrella, in Wilson county, Texas, on the twentieth day of June, 1886. The conviction was for murder in the second degree, and the penalty assessed was a term of ten years in the penitentiary. The opinion contains a full synopsis of the evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment of conviction for the offense of murder of the second degree, found and rendered against appellant at the December term, 1886, of the Wilson county district court.
It is assigned as error, 1, that the whole law of the case was not given in charge to the jury, and, 2, that the court failed to instruct the jury as to the law of manslaughter. It is contended that there was sufficient evidence upon which to base the theory of manslaughter, and that, therefore, the court should have instructed upon this view. It, therefore, becomes necessary…
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