State v. Richardson

The appellant stands convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to-imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than five or more than seven and a half years. He killed a man named Hewes.

The defense was that the fatal shot was fired in self-defense, after Hewes had shot at the defendant with a rifle. The only testimony relating to the question, whether the killing was done feloniously or in self-defense, was the testimony of a constable named Eugene Schustz, and that of a man named Adolph Landry. They were witnesses for the state. The defendant did not offer any evidence in the case.…