Cook v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The indictment in this case charged the defendant with the offense of murder in the first degree. Upon the trial he was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of four years. From the judgment of conviction, and the action of the court in overruling his motion for a new trial, this appeal was taken.

There appears to be no controversy or dispute as to the facts of this case.

This record, and briefs of counsel, show that Russell County was divided into two judicial divisions, the northern…