Wilcox v. State

Distinguished and eminent counsel, with much earnestness, insist that the evidence involved only the offense of murder, or justifiable homicide; that voluntary manslaughter is not involved under the evidence. With this contention we can not agree. The defendant, the deceased, and the brother had a previous difficulty over the winnings at a card game. The deceased and the defendant left the scene of this difficulty, the defendant going to his home a block or more away, and arming himself with a rifle. The defendant in his statement said, “I said if you wait until I come back we will settle…