Bowman v. State

— John Bowman brings error to this Court from a conviction of manslaughter alleged to have been committed by him on the person of one Tom Hayes at a negro “jook” in Princeton, Florida, a small place in Dade County, •on February 12, 1933. The testimony is conflicting, but we find it is amply sufficient to warrant the finding of the jury based on it to the effect that the homicide charged was unlawfully committed by Bowman’s shooting Hayes with a pistol, as the result of an altercation arising while the two were gambling at the same table.

A killing is not justifiable or excusable if the…