Whitehead v. State

In a prosecution by the state it was charged that William T. Whitehead, defendant, in Seward county, purposely feloniously and maliciously struck Andrew Blevins on the head with a pitchfork July 24, 1925, that as a result Blevins died July 25, 1925, and that defendant thus committed murder in the second degree. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Upon a trial he was convicted of manslaughter and for that felony was sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the penitentiary. As plaintiff in error he presents for review the record of his conviction.

It is first argued as a ground for reversal of the…