Cumberlander v. State

Quillian Cumberlander was indicted for murder, and w'as convicted of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted.

*277Exclusive of the alleged confession, the testimony of the State’s witnesses was to the effect that there was an argument in a crap game between King Hill (the deceased) and the defendant, about some money. “The crap game broke up then; they quit.” In about five minutes Hill came back around the house with his pistol in his hand and said to the defendant, “Throw my money from you, nigger.” The defendant “taken the dollar and throwed it out there…