Supreme Court of Arkansas January 12, 1920 (Mallory v. State)

Humphreys, J.

Appellant was indicted and tried in the St. Francis Circuit Court for murder in the first degree for killing James Connerly in the courthouse yard at Forrest City. The trial resulted in a conviction for manslaughter and a sentence, as punishment therefor, to the State penitentiary for seven years. From the judgment of conviction an appeal has been duly prosecuted to this court.