State v. Barker

Riley, Judge:

In this criminal case the defendant, Robert Raymond Barker, was indicted at the October, 1944, term of the Criminal Court of Raleigh County for having, on September 30, 1944, “feloniously, wilfully, maliciously, deliberately and unlawfully” slayed, killed and murdered one Fern Palosi. Defendant was found guilty of the charge of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to five years. This writ of error is prosecuted to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, refusing to grant defendant a writ of error and supersedeas.

The defendant, a…