Blackledge v. State

On an indictment for murder, the appellant, Artis Blackledge, was tried, convicted by the jury of manslaughter, and sentenced by the court to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary. He appeals here.

The appellant argues many assignments of error, but we shall discuss only one. The appellant asked for, and was refused, a peremptory instruction. We shall not make a detailed statement of the facts.

The state offered evidence, showing that on a certain night Anse Hosey, the man alleged to have been killed by Blackledge, was brought home in an automobile and assisted into his dwelling…