Dye v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

William Howard Cummings, Sr., the deceased named in the indictment, the evidence shows, was a man in the prime of life, thirty four years of age and weighed about 170 pounds.

The indictment charged that he was killed by two men, Henry Allen, Jr. and this appellant, Theo, alias Buddy Dye. A severance was demanded and granted; and the accused, Dye, was put upon trial, which resulted in his conviction of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree. His punishment fixed by the jury was five years imprisonment. The trial court duly adjudged him guilty and sentenced him…