Spradlin v. State

Carlisle, -J.

Ambrose and Frank Spradlin were jointly indicted for the murder of >;, their .ferother-rin-law, John Brazeal. The State elected to sever, and Frank... Spradlin was put on trial. Upon' the trial a jury returned a verdict of .guilty of manslaughter and fixed the penalty at from five to''seven'years in the penitentiary. The defendant’s motion for new trial;, based ;on the usual-general grounds and .nine special grounds, was denied and he has appealed.

1. Special ground 3 of the motion for new trial is that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence certain conversations between…