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REED v. STATE

No. 40274.

229 Miss. 440 (1956)

91 So.2d 269

REED v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.S. Scott, Jr., Laurel, for appellant.

John H. Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, J.

Indicted for the murder of Louvenia Knight, appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of twelve years in the State penitentiary. There is very little dispute in the testimony.

The deceased, Louvenia Knight, lived in a threeroom house in Laurel, and rented the middle room to Frank Jones. Her sister, Juanita Knight, occupied the front room. Appellant was not married to Juanita...

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