Clark v. State

Coleman, C.

The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Washington County of the crime of manslaughter, and' was sentenced to the minimum penitentiary term of two years.

About 9:30 a.m. on November 30, 1948, a policeman, who had been called to Jeu Sing’s grocery store in Green-ville, found the aged Chinese fully conscious, standing behind a counter in the store. He was bleeding- from his left ear. A sweet potato, estimated to weigh four or five pounds, lay on the floor nearby. The officer took the old man to a doctor, who examined him and dismissed him. That same afternoon the police…