Ellison v. State

K. C. Ellison was charged with murdering Man Mobley “by shooting him in the body with a pistol.” A jury found *59the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and the question for determination is whether or not the trial judge erred in overruling the motion for a new trial, containing the usual general grounds and five special grounds.

George Young, sworn for the State, testified in part: “It was at night, at Stoney Gillard’s house at a party. Some time about ten o’clock K. C. Ellison came there in a Chevrolet car. When he stopped the car where this man was, he jumped out with a pistol in his…