State v. Lowman

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice R. O. Purdy.

The following statement is taken from the case on appeal:

“On the 25th day of April, 1925, Sheriff H. H. Howard was killed while he and his three deputies were attempting to search the house and premises of Sam Lowman for contraband whiskey; the said officers being at that time armed with a search warrant duly issued. The appellants were also wounded at the time. Bertha was taken to Leesville Plospital, and Clarence and Demon, alias Son Lowman, and two other defendants, Rosa and Birdie Lowman, were taken to the…