Williamson v. State

An information was filed in Kay county charging defendant with the crime of murder. He was tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and was sentenced to serve 21 years in the penitentiary. From this judgment and sentence he has appealed.

Defendant, in his brief, relies upon two assignments of error:

“First: That the constitutional guaranty and right of the defendant that ‘No person shall be compelled to give evidence which will tend to incriminate him * *’ was violated, and

“Second: That thereby the defendant did not have a fair trial and has been denied substantial justice.”

Both…