Schroer v. State

Albert J. Schroer, Jr., appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County of manslaughter, for the killing of James A. (Bub) Thompson, and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. On this appeal he argues his conviction is against the great weight of the evidence, errors in granting and refusing certain instructions, and error in overruling his motion for a new trial on the ground of the newly discovered evidence. The latter question involves the efficient cause of death, which followed a beating with fists, where the victim was suffering from the preexisting physical…