Jones v. State

1. Special ground 1 of the motion for a new trial complains of the failure of the judge to charge a certain principle of law while he was instructing the jury upon the subject of voluntary manslaughter. The defendant was convicted of that offense, and the ground fails to show how the omission so to charge was harmful to the defendant. Furthermore, it is not even alleged in the ground that the desired charge was authorized by the evidence or the defendant’s statement to the jury. Obviously, the ground is too incomplete to raise any question for the determination of this court. Beavers v.…