Renow v. State

HENDEBSOH, Judge.

This conviction is for murder in the second degree, with thirteen years in the penitentiary fixed as the punishment; hence this appeal.

The charge on provoking the difficulty is extensively criticised. There is no direct challenge of it on the ground that the testimony was not sufficient to raise the question of provoking the difficulty. However, we believe that the exceptions numerously raised to said charge, involve this question incidentally or indirectly, and especially as the case is to be reversed, we will discuss the legality of said charge in the face of the testimony…