People v. Heard

Plaintiff in error, Leamon Heard, was indicted and tried in the circuit court of Saline county for the murder of Floyd Phillips and was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary.

While there is some dispute regarding the facts, it seems to arise more from the unexpected and tragic end of a frivolous quarrel and a lack of opportunity to see and hear what occurred than from a desire on the part of any of the disinterested witnesses to testify falsely. The great weight of the evidence shows that the events leading to, surrounding and immediately following the…