Bustin v. State

The appellant, Samuel Bustin, was indicted for the murder of J. W. Crigler, placed on trial in the Circuit Court of Harrison county,. convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years, from which judgment he appeals here.

It appears that Bustin was living in a house belonging to Crigler, who lived in a house-boat nearby. Crigler had requested the appellant to vacate the house, which he failed to do. Crigler took out papers for the eviction of appellant and his wife, which, in the absence of her husband, were served on Mrs. Bustin on the afternoon of the killing. On…