Baggett v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was indicted, charged with murder in the first degree for having unlawfully and with malice aforethought killed William Lee Taylor by shooting him with a pistol, etc. The trial in the court below resulted in the conviction of this appellant of manslaughter in the second degree, and the jury fixed his punishment at 90 days’ hard labor for the county and also assessed a fine of $200 against him. Judgment of conviction was duly pronounced and entered, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, from which this appeal was taken.

Under the respective…