State v. . Hand

Clark, O. J.

Tbe prisoner was indicted for tbe murder of ber brother. She was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in tbe State’s Prison.

At tbe time of tbe homicide tbe accused and tbe deceased were living with ber father. She was in tbe kitchen, while tbe deceased was on tbe back porch. He was shot with a shotgun, tbe load entering tbe neck in front, a little to the left. The testimony of Faybell Graham, a 12-year-old colored girl, who saw tbe transaction, a little condensed, is as follows: “I saw Pierce Jordan (the deceased) walking up and down tbe passage in tbe bouse,…