Jefferson v. State

1. The evidence warranted the jury in concluding that the defendant shot the deceased six times with a pistol, in hot blood, engendered by the fact that without provocation the deceased had recently shot and seriously wounded the defendant’s wife or “woman.” The evidence supported the verdict of voluntary manslaughter, and the court did not err in overruling the general grounds of the motion for new trial.

2. Error is assigned becattse the court allowed a witness to state his opinion that the deceased “was killed and then shot after he was on the ground.” Hie witness testified that he had been…