Howell v. State

William J. Howell was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree and convicted of manslaughter, from which he seeks relief here by writ of error. In view of the conclusion which we have reached, *211it becomes unnecessary to treat all the errors assigned. The defendant claimed that the homicide was committed by him in self-defense, therefore a material fact for the jury to determine from the evidence adduced was who was the aggressor in the fatal difficulty. Upon this point the evidence was conflicting. This being true, we are of the opinion that the following paragraph of the general…