State v. Naylor

Defendant, Cordy Naylor, appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Howard County sentencing him to twelve years' imprisonment in the penitentiary upon conviction of murder in the second degree.

The fatal encounter occurred in Howard County on the night of September 22, 1928, near midnight. A pie supper had been held at the Baldridge school house, which had ended about ten o'clock. During and after the supper a crap game had been in progress in a near-by pasture, attended by varying numbers of boys and men, among whom were defendant and the deceased, Willard Conwell. The difficulty…