McCarty v. State

The appellant was charged in the circuit court of Craighead county with the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed by his having killed J. M. Danley by shooting him and striking him with a shotgun. The jury returned the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter as'charged in the information and fix his punishment at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of two years.”

Appellant was thereupon sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Motion for new trial was filed and overruled, and the case is here on…