Madison v. State

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 35 years. He sought to justify the killing upon the theory of self-defense. No questions are presented for review upon the evidence in the case. The record contains a large number of special charges, both given and refused, none of which are numbered. The oral charge of the court does not appear in the record. The bill of exceptions merely states that: “The presiding judge

thereupon charged the jury the law as to the various phases of the case.”

(1, 2) The questions presented by the refused…