Page v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The appellant, Tracy Page, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree under an indictment charging him with first-degree murder. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years.

On the night of May 15, 1957, appellant shot Dan Madden in appellant’s cafe in the City of Sheffield. Death followed almost immediately.

The evidence tends to show that Madden came into the cafe with some other men, sat down at a counter and ordered beer on credit. After defendant refused to extend credit, he again asked for beer, and was served, and after drinking it he ordered more. Defendant…