Darden v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the superior court of Creek county of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at a term of eight years in the state penitentiary.

Briefly stated, the record discloses a state of facts about as follows: Defendant was a traveling salesman, had been married, but just before the homicide his wife had procured a divorce. She resided at the town of Shamrock. He resided at Shawnee, but received his mail at Shamrock. The deceased, Glenn Starr, a married man, oil field worker, resided at the town of Shamrock. It…