Ward v. State

The plaintiff in error Oliver Ward, hereinafter referred to- as the defendant, was indicted in 1916 by the grand jury of Lafayette county for the murder of Arthur Land which was alleged to have been committed on the 25th day of December, 1915. In November, 1917, the defendant was put upon trial for the offense charged and convicted of manslaughter.- He seeks to reverse the - judgment of conviction and comes here by writ of error.

The errors assigned are numerous and are all based upon rulings of the court upon the admission and rejeo *760tion of evidence, the giving and refusing of -certain…