Bigstaff v. State

Mary Bigstaff prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment of manslaughter against her in which the jury fixed her punishment at two years in the State penitentiary. According to the evidence adduced by the State, Mary Bigstaff killed Homer Parker on October 6, 1929, in Pike County, Arkansas, by shooting him with a pistol. Mary Bigstaff and Homer Parker had lived together for some time but were not living together at the time of the killing. According to a witness who was present, the defendant commenced shooting the deceased and fired two shots in his body without any cause whatever. Witness…