McCALEB, Justice.
Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Chester Johnson whom he stabbed fatally with a knife after Johnson struck him with his fist following words between them in a Negro saloon. After hearing the evidence, the jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter and appellant was sentenced to serve 15 years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary, from which conviction and sentence he prosecuted this appeal. During
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