Kelly v. State

RICE, Judge.

As the Attorney General states:

“Defendants were tried in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Bessemer Division, on an indictment which charged murder in the second degree. The defendants were found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and their punishment fixed at (imprisonment for) ten years in the penitentiary.

“On the finding of the jury, the defendants were (each) sentenced to (serve imprisonment for) ten years in the State penitentiary.

“From this judgment and sentence, the defendants appealed.”

As the counsel for appellants states: “The defendants were indicted jointly…