Hurst v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

For the murder of Arthur Morris Lumpkin, Jr., appellant has been condemned to serve two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant’s father owned and operated “Dad’s Place,” a beer tavern and dance hall in Hardin County. Appellant was employed as the “bouncer” to maintain order and keep down trouble in the place. The father had provided the bouncer with a “slapjack,” a weapon of leather covering a hard substance and about two inches wide at the widest part.

The sheriff of the county testified that a “slapjack” is “for an officer to use to hit with, but it will not leave any cuts on…