Reaves v. State

The contention of the state -was that in ah attempt to murder one Susie Williams the defendant fired a pistol at her, and that deceased, a bystander, was killed. There was evidence tending to support this contention. The defendant, on the contrary, while admitting the killing, claimed that it was pul-ely accidental, and the evidence offered in his behalf tended to support this thoojjy. The cause was submitted ' to the jury under a careful and able charge of the court trying the case, during which the different degrees of homicide were clearly and concisely explained in detail, and in such…