Wager v. State

The defendant was tried on an indictment which charged that he had murdered Paul J. Dobbs by unlawfully and maliciously “stomping, beating, and kicking the said Dobbs with his feet.”

He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter; his motion for a new trial was denied, and to that judgment he excepted. The evidence disclosed that the defendant and Dobbs worked at the same “used-car” lot, and resided together in a house owned by Dobbs; that both of them frequently drank whisky and became intoxicated; and that, when drunk, they often quarreled and fought one another; that on the day of the homicide…