SANFORD v. STATE

6 Div. 103.

83 So.2d 254 (1955)

Giles SANFORD v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

November 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tweedy & Beech, Jasper, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Paul T. Gish, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

This appellant has been found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the first degree, his punishment being fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of eight years. Judgment was entered pursuant to the verdict.

The evidence presented by the State was abundant to establish the appellant's guilt. Such evidence was directed toward showing that on a Sunday afternoon in August 1955 two young girls, Majorie Sides and Doris Wilhite...

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