Bridges v. State

Appellant, Kenneth Bridges, was tried under an indictment charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed by shooting and killing one Hiram Kirby. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and given a sentence of twenty-one years in the penitentiary.

L. R. Bridges, appellant’s father, had been engaged in the mercantile business, and deceased owed him a small account. In an effort to collect this account L. R. Bridges went to the home of Kirby, who became incensed at Bridges, who is an old man and a cripple, and struck Bridges a blow with a…