Keltner v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Johnston county of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of 50 years.

The evidence of the state, supported by the dying dec laration of the deceased, was that the killing was murder. The evidence of the defendant was that the killing was done in his self-defense. The issues thus raised were submitted to the jury and settled by them in favor of the state by finding the defendant guilty of manslaughter in the…