OPINION
BURNETT, Chief Justice.
The parties will hereinafter be referred to as they were in the trial court; to-wit, as the defendant and the State.
This appeal is perfected from the Criminal Court of Putnam County, Tennessee, wherein the defendant, J.P. Hawkins, was convicted for the voluntary manslaughter of one Herbert Ford. The defendant's punishment was fixed at two (2) years in the State penitentiary.
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