Crockerham v. State

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant was indicted and tried for murder of Turner Moreland, in the Circuit Court of Franklin County. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter and the court sentenced him to serve a term of ten years in the State Penitentiary.

Assignments of error are: Refusal to sustain a motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the law and the evidence; admission of certain evidence offered by the State as to a quarrel between appellant, his wife, and one Jack Burl; overruling appellant’s objection to the…