State v. Rose

The defendant, Harrison B. Rose, was charged by information with the crime of murder, in the first degree. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied. He was sentenced to not more than twenty years in the penitentiary. He has appealed from the judgment and sentence and from the order denying a new trial.

The sole assignment of error is the alleged abuse of discretion by the trial judge in denying the motion for a new trial. Appellant urges that the motion should have been granted because of numerous alleged acts of misconduct by the jury occurring…