Bond v. State

Appellant was indicted for murder in the Circuit Court of Eorrest County, Mississippi, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve twenty years in the state penitentiary.

Appellant operated a cafe in a community known as Palmer’s Crossing near Hattiesburg. He shot and killed Charlie Hicks, Jr. in front of his place of business. The deceased was unquestionably an unsavory character, or at least he so conducted himself on the day these events took place. Hicks made two trips to the Bond establishment. On the first occasion he was being obnoxious and making passes at a woman named…