Long v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

This appellant (defendant) was indicted for the offense of manslaughter in the first degree, and upon the trial in the court below was convicted as charged. His punishment was fixed at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Judgment of conviction was duly pronounced and entered, from which this appeal was taken.

The evidence in this case, in support of the indictment, tended to show that the defendant was the driver of a taxicab that was hired in Crestview, Florida, to transport to Andalusia, Alabama, the deceased, Will Hawkins, his wife, Callie Hawkins, his…