People v. Hampton

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of manslaughter.

Briefly, it appears that as defendant was about to enter a certain pool-hall he “took off his hat, waved it around and let out a yell.” A man by the name of Moat, who was standing near the rear of the pool-hall and who remonstrated with defendant on account of his conduct, was struck by defendant on the mouth and nose. Defendant then walked toward a man named Wesley Blake, with whom he was on friendly terms and who was leaning against a counter about ten feet from the entrance to the pool-hall. Blake said to…