Norris v. State

Upon his trial under an indictment for the murder of the deceased, by shooting him with a rifle, the defendant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of from 8 to 13 years in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial, based upon the usual general grounds and 5 special grounds (numbered from 4 to 8), was denied, and he has brought the present writ of error to review that judgment.

1. On the trial of a person charged with murder, where the jury is authorized to find from the evidence that the defendant killed the deceased as alleged in the indictment by…