CATES, Judge.
Powell was indicted for second degree murder in killing Bobby Ray Ward with an automobile.
A petty jury of the Circuit Court of Jackson County found him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed his punishment at four years' imprisonment. He has appealed from the judgment conforming to this verdict, and from the denial of his motion for a new trial.
Powell and a friend of his named "Hard Rock" Waller, had taken off for the...
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