Territory v. Lake

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LINDSAY, J.

The defendant was tried in the second circuit upon an indictment charging that he, on the 10th day of December, 1921, did feloniously kill and slay one H. T. White, by assaulting, beating and inflicting corporal injuries *765on the said White from Avhich injuries and wounds said White died on the 12th day of December, 1921. The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty of manslaughter in the third degree and the court sentenced defendant to imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than five years, nor more than five years and to pay costs of court.