Cook v. State

Smith, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court..The appellant was indicted for murder, convicted of manslaughter with the recommendation by the jury that he be given “the minimum sentence,” which the court seems to have observed by sentencing him to only two years in the penitentiary. At the close of the evidence the appellant requested but was refused a directed verdict of not guilty.

The homicide occurred about eleven o’clock at night on the sidewalk in front of the Post Office Cafe in Meridian. The appellant was 52 and the deceased was said to be about 30 or 35 years old. Three fingers on…