Shows v. State

Ed Shows, Jr., was indicted in the circuit court of Forrest county on a charge of manslaughter, and on trial was convicted thereof and sentenced to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary, from which he appeals here.

Omitting the caption, the indictment alleges that “Ed Shows, Jr., on the 23 of November, 1935, in Forrest County, aforesaid, did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously kill and slay George Davis, a human being, against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.”

The prosecution was based upon section 1002, Code 1930, reading as follows: “Every other killing of a…