Hartwell v. State

Citations

• 23 Tex. Ct. App. 88
• 3 S.W. 715
• 1887 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 37

Syllabus

<p>Manslaughter—Deadly Weapon—Charge oe the Court.—See the statement of the case for the substance of evidence developed in a trial for murder, which resulted in a conviction for manslaughter, whereunder the trial court, having charged in substance the rule of law laid down in Article 615 of the Penal Code, did not, in view of said evidence, err in omitting to charge upon the rules declared in Articles 612 and 614 of the said Code with regard to an instrument not necessarily a deadly weapon, unless its use and manner of use were accompanied by an intention to kill.</p>