Hawkins v. State

The parties will hereinafter be referred to as they were in the trial court; to-wit, as the defendant and the State.

This appeal is perfected from the Crimina] Court of Putnam County, Tennessee, wherein the defendant, J. P. Hawkins, was convicted for the voluntary manslaughter of one Herbert Ford. The defendant’s punishment was fixed at two (2) years in the State penitentiary.

The pertinent events which caused the indictment and conviction in question are, as follows:

For many years prior to July 12, 1965, the defendant and the deceased, Herbert Ford, were engaged in a constant feud concerning…