Rester v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Pearl River county. Hon. N. Ei. Weathersby, Judge. Tom Rester was convicted of manslaughter and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Appellant, together with one Roy Davis, was indicted by the circuit court of Pearl River county for the murder of one Sol Ladner, tried and convicted of manslaughter. The homicide occurred August 28, 1914, on the public highway near the east end of a little bridge across “Alligator creek” seven or eight miles east of the town of Poplarville. It appears that on the day of the difficulty the deceased, in company with his relatives, R. Ladner and Aaron Ladner, had been fishing on Alligator creek from about eight o’clock in the morning to somewhere between twelve and one o’clock; the deceased…
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