State v. Bell

ROGERS, Justice.

James Bell was charged with manslaughter. The person killed was one Rebecca Williams. Bell was convicted of the crime charged and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. His appeal is supported by only one bill of exception, which was taken to the action of the trial judge in overruling a motion for a new trial.

Defendant alleges in his motion that the State failed to prove essential elements constituting the offense charged, namely, the identity of the deceased, the felonious killing beyond a reasonable doubt, and that any act,, direct or indirect, on the part of the…