West v. State

The appellant was convicted in the Searcy circuit court of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary. Motion for new trial was filed and overruled, and the case is -here on appeal.

The information filed by the prosecuting attorney charged the appellant with murder in the first degree by shooting and murdering Jim Gilliam. The evidence shows that there were services at a church; that Jim Gilliam was the pastor of the church and was also deputy sheriff: ; Gilliam asked Dinsmore Wasson to serve as deputy sheriff at the church that night for the protection of the…