Lea v. State

Appellant, Charlie Lea, was indicted in the circuit court of Lincoln county, on a charge of the murder of Hadden Smith, was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant and deceased were brothers-in-law. The homicide took place in the barn of appellant’s father. Appellant’s wife, his father and mother, and other witnesses were present. There was ill feeling between appellant and the deceased. The evidence for the state tended, to show that appellant was the aggressor in the difficulty and was…