Knight v. State.

The plaintiff in error was indicted for murder and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The present writ of error challenges the judgment refusing a new trial. It is uncontradicted in the evidence that the deceased (who was the brother of the accused) came to his death as a result of a gunshot wound inflicted by the accused. Only one witness testified for the State, and the accused rested his defense upon his own statement. According to the testimony of the State’s witness, he heard the report of a gun and went to the house where these two brothers lived with their sister. He found the…