Hill v. State

HURT, Presiding Judge.

The appellant in this case was tried under an indictment charging him with murder, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and his- punishment assessed at death, and from the judgment of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. The court gave to the jury a charge on murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, manslaughter, and self-defense, and also gave a charge to the jury on the right of a private person to arrest a person guilty of a felony committed in his presence or within his view. No exceptions were reserved to the charge of the court, and we…