State v. Monroe

ROGERS, Justice.

Tena Monroe was indicted and tried for the murder of Ruby Wafer. She was found guilty of manslaughter and has appealed from her conviction and sentence of three years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary thereunder.

Both parties to the homicide were negro women. The record presents for review four bills of exception embracing two complaints.

Defendant’s first complaint is that the trial judge erred in sustaining the objection of the district attorney to the following questions propounded by counsel for defendant to Willie Nelson, one of defendant’s witnesses: “Do you know the…