Powers v. State

The appellant, Powers, was indicted for murder in the first degree; tried and convicted of murder in the second degree.

He assigns as error the overruling of his motion to quash the indictment and the overruling of his original and supplemental motions for a new trial. The only questions presented arise on the motion for a new trial, and principally involve the rulings of the court on the admissibility of evidence.

The record discloses that the appellant, Powers, and the decedent, Fulks, were neighbors living almost directly opposite each other in the city of Greensburg; that they were both…