Kingen v. State

Indictment against Harrison Kingen and the appellant for the murder of Samuel Derry. The appellant pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury, and convicted of manslaughter.

A venire de novo was moved for, and properly denied.

A motion for a new trial was then made, overruled, exception taken, judgment on the verdict, and appeal to this court.

*558Twenty-nine causes were assigned below for a new trial, and four errors are assigned here, all of which come within the single question, did the court err in overruling the motion for a new trial ?

The evidence is very voluminous, and much of it collateral to…