Holloman v. State

Per Curiam. —

The. plaintiff in error, defendant below, was tried in Hamilton County under an indictment for murder in the second degree. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter; and thereupon the court adjudged the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree, sentencing him to five years in the State prison. The plaintiff in error assigns as the sole error of the court below: “The court erred in overruling and denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.” In considering this assignment of error the plaintiff in error presents three questions to this Court for determination.

The…