Masters v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and given five years in the penitentiary.

It is urged that the court committed error, first, in failing to give in charge the law of manslaughter; second, the law- of threats, and, third, the law with reference to negligence or improper treatment of deceased by third parties. Without going into anything like a detailed statement of the facts, appellant and deceased were brothers-in-law, the deceased having married appellant’s sister about a year and a half prior to the homicide. There was a previous trouble between the…