Wiley v. State

Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Crawford County for murder in the first degree for the killing of one John Cook. Subsequently on March 25, 1935, he was put upon trial to a petit jury of his own selection and was duly convicted of manslaughter, his punishment being assessed at five years in the State penitentiary, from which is this appeal. The contentions urged on appeal do not require a discussion of the testimony in detail; therefore a synopsis thereof is unnecessary.

Appellant’s primary contention for reversal is that certain relatives of the deceased John Cook had served upon…