Brown v. State

Appellant, Russell Brown, was tried in the court below on an information for the murder of Monroe Brown. The jury by their verdict found him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and assessed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of 25 years. He has appealed from the judgment rendered upon such conviction.

The following brief statement of the facts and the evidence will be sufficient to make clear the contentions made:

The killing occurred at a dance near Boynton, December 11, 1920. The deceased, Monroe Brown, at the time he was shot, was leaving the dance in an…