PERKINS v. STATE

No. 40240.

229 Miss. 299 (1956)

90 So.2d 650

PERKINS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kenneth Riley, Monticello, for appellant.

J.R. Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


HOLMES, J.

The appellant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County for the murder of A.V. Buckley. He was tried and convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of twelve years in the State penitentiary. He appeals from the judgment of conviction.

The homicide occurred at the home of the appellant on or about September 19, 1954, at or about 2:30 or 3 o'clock in the morning. It grew out of a gambling game known as "skin," which was being...

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