Little v. State

Plaintiff in error, John Little, here designated the defendant, was by information filed in the district court of Carter county, December 3, 1920, charged with the murder of Frank Jones, committed on the 27th day of October, 1920. At the trial, May 10, 1921, by a verdict of the jury he was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, with his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of seven and one-half years. After the overruling of a motion for a new trial, judgment in accordance with the verdict was rendered, from which defendant appeals.

The evidence…