Moss v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of manslaughter. Appellant, Riley Moss, was city marshal of Danville, Yell county, Arkansas. The deceased, Floyd 0. Havner, a native of Yell county, was a soldier in the United States Army. About 9:00 a.m. on August 12, 1944, and while enroute to a new military station, Havner arrived in Danville to see his wife. Learning that she was visiting her mother in Oklahoma, he intended to take the 5:00 p.m. bus; and was killed by appellant at 4:00 p.m. on the main street of Danville. The record is voluminous. Thirty-five witnesses testified, and many of them were…