Reed v. State

The deceased was found mortalty wounded.' The ■defendant was accused of murdering him. The evidence was entirely circumstantial. .Whoever killed the deceased, if, indeed, his ■death was not accidental, struck him .on the head with some blunt *154instrument, probably a piece of wood. The record discloses none of the circumstances under which the mortal blow was given. The evidence connecting the defendant with the crime was very slight; but it is manifest that he was guilty of murder, if he was the person who committed the unexplained homicide. While manslaughter may be shown by circumstantial…