State v. Morgan

The defendant was indicted for the crime of murder, and was tried twice, the first trial resulting in a mistrial, and the second in a conviction for manslaughter. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of seven years and is appealing from the conviction and sentence.

The victim of the homicide was the defendant's mother-in-law. She was shot during a shot-gun duel between her husband and the defendant. He urged two defenses on the trial of the case, the first defense being that the shot which killed his mother-in-law was fired from the gun of her husband, the second…