Wakefield v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The conviction was for manslaughter. The first bill of exceptions was reserved to the ruling of the court admitting dying declarations. The bill is hardly sufficient under the decisions of this court to properly raise the question, especially in view of the fact that the court qualified the bill by showing that a complete predicate was laid. As presented, we do not think there was any error in admitting the dying declaration. We are only passing on the bill of exceptions as presented.

Stripling was used as a witness to prove the dying declaration, and as a part of the…