Original sentence: Domingus was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to ten years, but his conviction was later overturned by the Alabama Supreme Court.Domingus, he resisted and had to be forcibly carried to jail.His trial four days later erupted into a violent free-for-all, when a member of the defendant's family overheard the lawman verbally deriding his brother while walking along a city street.In 1889, Dothan was the scene of a deadly altercation resulting from an unpopular tax levied on all wagons operating within city limits.Local farmers opposed this levy and organized themselves as the "Farmers' Alliance"; when a member of this group refused to pay and was arrested by city marshal J.Pistols, knives and clubs were used in the fray, which lasted only a few minutes but left two men dead and five seriously wounded.Stringer returned fire, as others converged on the scene from all directions and quickly began fighting.The marshal began to beat the family member, George Stringer, then shot at him with a pistol.The tax that first started the dispute remains in effect today
Edited sentence: Local farmers opposed this levy, and a fight ensued between the city marshal and a farmer's family.On October 12, 1889, Dothan was the scene of a deadly altercation resulting from an unpopular tax levied on all wagons operating within city limits.The fray lasted only a few minutes but left two men dead and others seriously wounded