Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas November 18, 1908, No. 4129. (Winn v. State)

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the penitentiary.

Bill of exceptions Ho. 1 shows that after the State had closed its evidence counsel for appellant asked the court to retire the jury, and requested the court to instruct the State’s counsel not to ask the defendant, when he was put on the stand as a witness in his own