Blackwell v. State

The petitioner, Oliver Blackwell, was convicted for the offense of manslaughter in the second degree, in the circuit court of Walker county. Judgment of conviction was pronounced against him on November 30, 1920, and by such judgment he was duly sentenced to confinement in the. county jail for 12 months. In addition to: the term of imprisonment in the county jail-he was sentenced to hard labor for the county for 70 days, in default of payment of the. fine of $200 assessed by the jury; the judgment providing that the sentence to hard labor for the fine should begin at the expiration of the…