Jones v. State

The plaintiff in error, Douglas Jones, herein referred to as the defendant, was informed against for the murder of W. H. Corder; under which information he was tried and convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and on the 27th day of April, 1918, he was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years., To reverse this judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Defendant's counsel, at the beginning of the trial, in his. opening statement to the jury, admitted the homicide, but claimed justification on the grounds of self-defense, There* were nine…