Bitner v. State

Thomas Bitner was found gnilty of voluntary manslaughter, by a jury in the circuit court of Washington county. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and an indeterminate sentence of from two to ten years, imposed upon him, whereupon he appealed to this-court.

Bitner admitted, in his testimony before the jury, that he shot Ben Broyles on October 7, 1913, and it is proven that Broyles died, from the effects of the-wounds thus inflicted, about three weeks later.

Broyles owned and lived upon a farm in Washington county, and Bitner was a tenant on Broyles ’ farm. The trouble between deceased and…