McGaha v. State

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant was charged with murder in the first degree in the killing of H. G. Blanchard. The jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at eight years in the penitentiary. This appeal is from the judgment rendered on the jury’s verdict.

There is little dispute in the evidence. Appellant and deceased were carpenters who worked out of the E. C. Robinson Lumber Co. at Blytheville, Arkansas. Appellant came to the company’s place of business in the afternoon of June 19, 1948, where he engaged in a quarrel with deceased. Appellant accused…