Barkley v. State

THOMAS, J.:

Trial of appellant on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree ended with a verdict convicting him of manslaughter.

The questions for our determination present: (1) the sufficiency of the evidence; (2) the admissibility of testimony of a statement made by the accused; (3) the propriety of the courts action anent a map which defendant attempted to have introduced; (4) the correctness of the order refusing defendant’s requested charges, five in number; and (5) the validity of two instructions given by the court.

The deceased died of a wound from a pistol ball which…