Richard v. State

Mabry, J.:

R. R. Richard and O. G. Richard were jointly indicted for the murder of A. J. Kite, and on trial, O. G. was acquitted and R. R. convicted of manslaughter. The case is in this court on writ of error from the sentence of the trial court imposing a term of five years in the penitentiary against R. R. Richard.

The deceased was shot on a street in Lake Butler, 'Bradford county, in August 1899, between seven and eight o’clock in the evening, and sat down on the steps of a building where he was approached by one J. L. *530West, who was examined for the State. West testified that when he reached…