Reaves v. State

The contention of the state was that in an attempt to murder one Susie Williams the defendant fired a pistol at her, and that deceased, a bystander, was killed. There was evidence tending to support this contention. The defendant, on the contrary, while admitting the killing, claimed that it was purely accidental, and the evidence offered in his behalf tended to support this theory. The cause was submitted to the jury under a careful and able charge of the court trying the case, during which the different degrees of homicide were clearly and concisely explained in detail, and in such manner…