Thigpen v. State

The appellant, A. T. Thigpen, was indicted on a charge of murder of Elvin Jackson, Jr. The parties involved were Negroes. Appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and given a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary. From that verdict and sentence, he appeals. The facts shown by the record are summarized as follows :

Appellant was a tenant on a plantation in Humphreys County near the Town of Louise, and resided with his wife and ten children in a house on the plantation. The deceased and his wife resided on the same plantation about two miles from appellant’s house. The father of deceased,…