Oliver v. State

The appellant was charged with the murder of Robert N. Yerby, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

There is no complaint of any error in the admission or rejection of testimony. Up to the rendition of the verdict the trial is conceded to have been fair. The instructions were all that the appellant asked, and as favorable as he could have desired. A new trial was asked, simply on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence. The court refused, and the propriety of this refusal is all that we have to determine. The…