Deal v. State

— The appellant, on a trial by jury, was found guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of one Hugh Crye, on an indictment charging appellant with the crime of murder in the first degree, who fixed his punishment at fifteen years in the State prison.

The court rendered judgment on the verdict over appellant’s motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. These rulings are assigned as the only error complained of.

The learned counsel of appellant make a strong ap*356peal to us, as has often before been made to this court, to overthrow the long-established rule that this court…