Bailey v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of manslaughter, followed by a sentence to the penitentiary for ten years. The appellant admits having killed the deceased, and offers as an excuse therefor that he was then temporarily insane.

The homicide occurred in a room occupied by the deceased in a boarding house in the town where the case was tried. Over the objection of the appellant, the court, maintaining* its organization intact, visited and inspected the room in which the homicide occurred. The ground of the appellant’s objection to this proceeding is that section 2720, Code of 1906 (section…