State v. . Minton

The defendant, Cling Minton, was tried on an indictment charging him with the murder of Atwell Parsons, was convicted of manslaughter and from a sentence of 12 to 15 years in State’s Prison appealed to this Court, assigning some 80 items of error on the trial, only a few of which it is found necessary to discuss.

The defendant’s place of business, where the shooting took place, included a skating rink, a couple of slot machines and a beer counter. The upstairs was used as a residence. The State’s evidence is briefly to the effect that at the time of the killing everything was peaceful, and…