State v. Jackson

Merrick, O. J.

The accused having been indicted for murder, on the trial was convicted of manslaughter. He has appealed.

The first question which he presents for our consideration, is one which he raises by the following bill of exception, viz:

“Be it known, that on the trial of this case, the defendant having offered evidence to the general character of the deceased as a quarrelsome and vicious man, and also that there had taken place a previous quarrel between the decease and the defendant. The court having sustained the objections of the District Attorney to the admissibility of this…