State v. Webb

BRUNOT, 3.

The accused was charged with murder. He was tried and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, and the court sentenced the accused to not less than five, nor more than ten, years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. From this verdict and sentence he has appealed. Counsel for accused has not filed a brief in this case, but the record shows that four bills of exception were reserved during the trial.

Bill No. 1 was reserved to the court’s overruling the objection of defendant’s counsel to a question propounded to a defense witness on cross-examination. The testimony…