Williams v. State

CARR, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Leonard Williams, stood indicted for murder in the second degree. The trial of the cause resulted in a conviction for manslaughter in the first degree.

' It appears without dispute in the evidence that the accused and the deceased, Carl Lewis, got together about 7 p. m. on March 14, 1951. They spent the night in and about the home of the appellant. During the time of their association they drank a considerable amount of whiskey. At about 4 or 5 a. m., March 15, while the two men were alone inside the residence, the defendant inflicted a mortal wound on the…