Edwards v. State

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the second degree, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three years. Hence this appeal.

The State’s evidence tends to show that deceased, James Thomas, in company with Chester Lee Goggins and Odell Robinson, was at a cafe in Alexander City, Alabama, the night of June 4, 1955.

Robinson testified that Kern Edwards, defendant’s brother, threatened to kick deceased when he played a record on the rockola. Defendant then said to deceased, “You come over here tonight to turn out this God damn…