Greenway v. State

Leonard Greenway was charged with murdering Hamon Arnold by shooting him with a shotgun. The jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter, and the defendant excepted upon the general grounds, and certain special grounds complaining of the charge of the court. The defendant admitted the killing, but claimed that it was done in self-defense. The homicide occurred at about nine o’clock at night at a time when Arnold was advancing upon the defendant, and after the defendant had backed *317away and ordered Arnold to stop and Arnold had refused to do so.

Butler Bowland, sworn for the State,…