Manning v. State

Manning appeals from a conviction of murder in the second degree with a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.

The parties (plaintiff in error and deceased) and the witnesses to the homicide are colored people. The homicide occurred some time after midnight at the establishment of one Willie Beck. Beck was the proprietor of a combination funeral home, barbecue pit and grocery store. It seems that on this night a number of Negroes were having a crap game at this place but that the deceased was not participating in the game for some reason or other, merely sitting around the place. Later in the…