Burroughs v. State

The defendant, Cy Burroughs, was charged in the district court of Grady county with the crime of murder; was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve four years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

For a reversal of this case, three assignments of error are presented: (1) The verdict is contrary to law and contrary to the evidence. (2) The court committed error in giving instructions Nos. 17 and 22, over the objections and exceptions of the defendant. (3) The court erred in admitting incompetent testimony offered by the state in rebuttal.

The…