Coley v. State

The Plaintiff in Error, herein called the defendant, was .indicted for murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Clay County for the unlawful hilling of one Charles Manago, at what are called the Quarters of Long & Budington, at Middleburg, in Clay County, in February, 1913. He was tried in October, 1913, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the Penitentiary at hard labor for life. The case is here for review on writ of error.

On the trial Mr.' Raleigh O. Dowling was introduced as a witness by the State, and testified that he was the Official Reporter for the…