Washington v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to nine years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

It is the contention of the State of Alabama, under the tendency of the evidence, that R. C. Henry, the deceased, went inside a place of business, known as Evan’s Cafe situated at 114J4 West Maple Street, Scottsboro, Alabama; that several minutes later he was followed by Floyd Washington, the appellant, who had a pistol in his right hand; that appellant struck Henry with the pistol and that Henry caught…