Coleman v. State

Appellant was indicted in the circuit court of Scott county of the crime of murder of Ezekiel Sharp, was •tried and convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years. From that judgment she prosecutes this appeal.

- The.homicide took place at a card party. There was a quarrel between appellant and Ezekiel Sharp. Appellant procured a pistol from Craig Smith’s suitcase, and fired three shots; one of them killed Sharp, and appellant was shot through the hand by another.

The theory of the - state was that appellant armed herself with the pistol for the purpose of…