Gulley v. Budd

On July 10,1944, E. A. Budd was found guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and given a sentence of five years in the penitentiary from which judgment an appeal was duly prosecuted to this court, which, after having been perfected, was dismissed on his motion January 2, 1945.

On January 5,1945, the Governor of the State issued a pardon to Budd which reads as follows:

“To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come— Greeting:

“Whereas, E. A. Budd, of Fayetteville, was at the April, 1944, term of the Washington County Circuit Court convicted of the crime of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced…