McCRAY v. STATE

1 Div. 664.

74 So.2d 487 (1953)

John H. McCRAY, Jr., v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1953.

Reversed on Mandate August 31, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Seale, M. A. Marsal, Mobile, for appellant.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., Maury D. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PRICE, Judge.

Appellant, under an indictment charging murder, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for the killing of his baby son. His punishment was fixed at five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Defendant, a Negro sergeant in the Air Force, stationed at Brookley Field, served as orderly to General Martenstein, the Base Commanding Officer. He lived with his wife, Lorraine, and their fourteen months old son, John H. McCray, 3rd, in an...

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