State v. Ashworth

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

Defendant, charged with the murder of his infant child, and convicted of manslaughter, moved for a new trial, on the-grounds: (1) That the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence; (2) that it was not responsive to the charge; (3) that there-can be no element of manslaughter when the accused is charged with murdering his infant child, and that the verdict shows that the jury did not give the accused the benefit of the doubt, and could not make up their-minds “to turn loose, or acquit, a negro.” To the bill of exceptions, taken to the overruling of this…