Sears v. State

By verdict of a jury, rendered February 14, 1922, in the district court of Washington county, plaintiff in error, Isaac Sears, here referred to as the defendant, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and by the judgment of the court subsequently rendered his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of four years.

The facts and circumstances leading up to and connected with the homicide, as disclosed by the record, show that Isaac ■ Sears was city marshal of the town of Ramona, and also a deputy sheriff of Washington county; that on the night of May 11,…