Woodward v. State

Winston Woodward, appellant here, was tried in the circuit court of Calhoun county on an indictment charging him with the murder of Walter Roberts; convicted of manslaughter; and sentenced to serve ten years in the State Penitentiary, from which this appeal is prosecuted. Walter Roberts was shot in his leg, which shot severed the main artery.

There is a great deal of conflict in the testimony. It appears from the evidence that on Sunday afternoon, April 19, 1936, Lillian Griffin, one of the witnesses, was riding around with appellant and others in an automobile belonging to John Roberts,…