Tuggle v. State

This is an appeal from the district court of Sequoyah county, wherein Willis Tuggle, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was on the 19th day of May, 1919, convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment assessed by the court at a term of 25 years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary át McAlester.

Defendant killed one Joe Williams on the 8th day of April, 1919. The killing occurred where the defendant was repairing a rail fence between his premises and those of the deceased. Williams, at a point where said fence joined the public highway…