Keith v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder, charged with the killing of Stewart Keith, his son. Conviction for manslaughter resulted, the punishment assessed being two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The facts immediately attending the killing are detailed by two witnesses, only, the wife of deceased and appellant himself. Appellant and deceased lived upon farms abotit a mile from each other. On the day of the killing appellant and his wife, together with deceased and his wife had gone to the town of Cookville in appellant’s car. There is some evidence in the record indicating…