State v. Newport

ODOM, Justice.

Defendant was prosecuted for murder, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to hard labor for not less than ten nor more than fifteen years. From the verdict and sentence she prosecutes this appeal.

This case is brought up on five bills of exception, four of which were reserved to rulings made by the trial judge during the progress of the trial and the other to his refusal to grant a new trial. We shall dispose of these hills in the order as they appear in the record.

A man named Champagne was called as a juror, and, after being examined on his voir dire, was challenged for…