Jeffries v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was jointly tried with Will Jeffries on a charge of murder; Will Jeffries was acquitted, and the defendant, Jim Jeffries, was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the state penitentiary. Motion for new trial was filed and overruled and exceptions saved, and the defendant has appealed to this court.

All of the parties concerned in this homicide are negroes living in the vicinity of Haskell, Okla. On the day prior to the killing at night, Will and Jim Jeffries. Allen Grayson, and his brother Ray were…