State v. Canty

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

The defendant was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter. Prom this verdict and the sentence to imprisonment at hard labor he appeals.

There are several bills of exception to the rulings of the trial judge and a motion in arrest of judgment upon which the accused relies for a reversal of the judgment.

The first exception is to a part of the charge of the trial judge, which is as follows:

“ So, too, when the evidence given by word of mouth comes directly and squarely in conflict with physical facts, if the jury believes the principal…