State v. McMillian

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Appellant, Mrs; Acle McMillian, was indicted for the murder of her husband, Dudley McMillian, tried, found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to 15 years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence she has appealed.

The homicide was admitted, but the accused pleaded self-defense. Defendant relies on 11 bills of exception reserved and perfected. All of these bills are closely related, particularly Bills Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10. Each of the enumerated bills was reserved to the ruling of the court sustaining the State’s objection to a question…