Wilder v. State

1. The court did not err in failing to charge the jury in this case on the subject of voluntary manslaughter, or in charging the jury that the case was either a case of murder or of justifiable homicide. Neither the evidence for the State nor that for the accused nor his statement at the trial indicated manslaughter, or authorized a charge upon that subject, or a verdict finding him guilty of that offense. The evidence for the defendant and his statement indicated nothing less than complete justification; and the evidence for the State, if credible, shows a wilful and unprovoked murder.

2. In…