Steele v. State

Appellant was tried under an indictment charging him with the crime- of murder in the first degree, alleged to have, been committed ¡by shooting and killing Victor Gf. Nordstrom. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and given a sentence of five years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.

Appellant owned and operated a restaurant in the city of North Little Rock, which remained open both day and night.- Jack Mann was employed there, and became drunk and boisterous on- the night of December 13, 1936. He had some powder, referred to as itching powder, portions of which he poured on…