Bozeman v. State

Appellant was convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of five years.

It was shown that he shot and killed one Emory Cowart in the course of. a fight, involving Charles Cowart, a brother of the deceased, and one Croft Able, besides deceased and appellant. As the case must be retried, we have deemed it unwise to discuss in any way the testimony, other than is necessary to make clear the few holdings we shall declare.

There was no error in sustaining the state’s demurrer to appellant’s plea in…