Baxter v. State

In the information in this case, R. S. Baxter was charged with the murder of one A. 0. Ford, alleged to have been committed in Carter county on or about the 15th day of September, 1921, by shooting him with a pistol. Upon his trial the jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of 20 years. From the judgment of the court, rendered in pursuance of the verdict, on the 24th day of October, 1921, an appeal was taken by filing in this court on April 13, 1922, a petition in error with case-made.

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