Gray v. State

Tyre Gray was indicted for the murder of Hope Ball, and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He made a motion for a new trial on the general and one special ground, which was overruled; and he excepts to the judgment denying him a new trial.

During the trial Robert Davenport testified: “My station where I was working the 2nd of August was Guy Duncan’s, between LaGrange and Greenville Streets. I know the defendant here. I saw him on that day. I couldn’t say what time it was, but it was after dark. PIo had a pistol. He flashed it around there and stuck it in another fellow’s stomach. I…