Harrell v. State

Dan Harrell was tried on an indictment charging murder. The jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. A motion for new trial was overruled, and the defendant excepted. He insists that the evidence is insufficient in law to sustain the verdict, and that each of his two special grounds is meritorious and demands a reversal of the case.

The evidence is lengthy, and in most particulars conflicting as between the contentions of the State and of the defendant. The killing occurred in the defendant’s place of business where he operated a dance-hall, café, and drinking establishment. In the…