Crawford v. State

The appellant was indicted for the murder of one E. M. Page in the circuit court of Leflore county, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve.a term of five years in the penitentiary.

Crawford was a tenant on the place of E. M. Page during the years 1924-25, and had remained thereon after the expiration of the year 1925 for the purpose of gathering a portion of his crop. He was working a crop on shares, and Page desired the premises, and had made demand therefor. On the morning of-the shooting*, E. M. Page, in company with his brother, went to the place occupied by Crawford for the…