Staples v. State

The appellant in error lias been convicted of manslaughter. He did not testify as a witness in his own behalf. The attorney representing the State, in his argument to the jury, commented upon certain threats testified to as having been made by the deceased in the presence and hearing of the 'defendant, by saying that “Mr. Henderson argued that Staples heard the threat that he (Hall) ‘ would cut his throat before sundown.’ Now, he never heard it. If he did, little Sam did not tell you so, and Staples himself did not tell you so.” “ Now Mr.' Staples, the defendant, could tell you, if he could…