Gaunce v. State

The plaintiff in error, Bailey Gannce, herein called the defendant, was by information filed in the district court of Carter county, charged with the murder of Charley Thompson on the 14th day of September, 1919. At the trial, on April 14, 1920, by a verdict of the jury defendant was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the eounty jail for a period of three months, and a fine of $500. From the judgment rendered on this verdict defendant appeals.

At the time of the homicide defendant was ’ about 38 years of age and had resided in the…