State v. Alexander

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

‘The defendants appeal from a conviction for manslaughter in the fourth degree in killing H. C. Bussenbark at Belpre, in Edwards county.

Charles Alexander and H. W. Bennett met in a pool room and engaged in wrestling and in drinking whisky. For further wrestling' and to procure more whisky, Bennett, who was a barber and had his chair in the pool room, obtained a key from the proprietor, and the two men went upstairs to a hall above, where they continued drinking and wrestling. Bussenbark was a bystander in the pool room and had not joined in…