Suggs v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant stands convicted of manslaughter in the first degree under an indictment charging murder in the first degree.

The appellant was the step father-in-law of the deceased, William Anderson Edwards. They and their respective families occupied the same house, the appellant, his wife, and his wife’s grandchild occupying the downstairs rooms, .while the deceased *68and his wife, who was the daughter of appellant’s wife, and their two children occupied the upper floor. To all purposes the apartments were separate, except that both used the single front entrance.

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