Bean v. State

The plaintiff in error, for convenience in this opinion referred to as the defendant, was by information charged with the crime of murder; was tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of fifteen years.

The evidence of both the state and the defendant shows that the difficulty occurred at the home of Ben Hahn, near Cushing, Okla., where a dance was in progress; .there was some drinking during the time the parties were there at the dance. It is further shown that Wesley Mc-Coin, the party the defendant…