Rose v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Tarrant County of manslaughter, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.

The evidence shows a killing occurring among a group of negroes, all of the eyewitnesses present testifying for the State, except appellant himself. A statement of the facts and a discussion of their sufficiency is not necessary to the disposition which we have made of the case, and is omitted.

Even though a witness answer on original examination that he knows the general reputation inquired about and that it is bad, if on…