State v. King

ODOM, Justice.

Defendant was indicted for murdering his wife, Mary King. On the trial he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to hard labor for not less than 12 nor more than 20 years. He appealed.

We find, in the record more than thirty bills of exception, some of which have been abandoned and others are not pressed for consideration. We find no merit in some of them which are stressed and shall not mention them. Others do present merit and disclose such manifest errors and prejudice to defendant that we find it necessary to set the conviction and sentence aside. The bills referred to…