Lanier v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

Upon an indictment which charged this appellant with murder in the first degree, he was tried and convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree. The jury fixed his punishment at five years imprisonment, and in accordance with said verdict, the court duly adjudged him guilty and sentenced him to the penitentiary for the period of five years.

There is but slight, if any, conflict in the evidence adduced upon the trial of this case. As stated, the indictment charged the accused with the offense of murder in the first degree. We are free to state this was…