State v. Ervin

Appellant, Lloyd Ervin, and four others, were jointly charged by information with the crime of murder in the first degree, in having killed one Fred Fulkerson, at the County of Stoddard, on or about the 26th day of July, 1936. A severance was ordered, and appellant was tried separately in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, to which the cause was awarded on change of venue. He was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to a term of eight years in the penitentiary, and he appeals.

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