HOLT, Justice.
A jury reduced the first degree murder charge against appellant by finding him guilty of manslaughter and assessed his punishment at two years in the State Penitentiary. For reversal of the judgment upon that verdict appellant first contends that the trial court erred in permitting the testimony of a 13-year-old witness. Appellant asserts the witness was not qualified because of age and lack of understanding of the meaning of an oath.
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