Boggess v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was by information charged jointly with Paul Powers of the crime of murder. The defendant was tried separately and convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and u as sentenced by the court to be confined in the state penitentiary for twenty-five years. From which judgment the defendant has appealed to this court.

The testimony on behalf of the state in this case tends to show that the state prosecuted Paul Powers in another action for the same crime alleged in this case; that Paul Powers was convicted and…