State v. Lawson

Fox, Judge:

The indictment in this case charges that the defendant, Dewey Swanson Lawson, “within one year of the date of the finding of this indictment, in said County of Fayette, unlawfully did kill and slay one Dáñese Claytor, against the peace and dignity of the State.” Trial was had before a jury, resulting in a verdict finding the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter. A motion to set aside the verdict was overruled and a sentence of both fine and imprisonment was imposed on defendant by the trial court, to which the defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

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