Felder v. State

Charles Felder was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of murder, in that he had feloniously killed one Will Harris by shooting him with a pistol. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

1. The original motion for a new trial contains the general grounds. The first ground of the amendment to the motion complains of the failure of the court to charge upon the law of voluntary manslaughter. There was no request in writing so to charge, but counsel for the plaintiff in…