Pendergrass v. State

On Friday, January 13, 1922, appellant shot and killed Clay McIlroy on the northeast corner of the public square in the town of Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas. McIlroy at the time was armed with a twelve gauge choke-bore shotgun loaded with B B shot. The appellant used a small automatic pistol. On the northeast corner of the square is situated the People’s Bank building. It is a two-story building, the lower story being devoted to the banking- business and the upper story containing offices. The appellant, with another lawyer,, had an office on the second floor. The stairway leading to the…