Harris v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This conviction is for murder in the second degree, with five years in the penitentiary fixed as the penalty.

Appellant urges reversal upon the ground that the court failed to charge upon the law of manslaughter. Omitting the State’s side of the case, we find, appellant shows that on the morning previous to the difficulty in the evening, at the residence of deceased, where appellant was a roomer or boarder, there came up a difficulty between them in regard to some alleged slanderous remarks. Deceased cursed and abused appellant, and called her many and various kinds…