Bennett v. State

Upon an indictment charging murder in the first degree of Corbet Griffis by shooting with a rifle, the defendant, Howard Bennett, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for twenty years from the date of incarceration. On writ of error it is contended that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict of manslaughter; that certain charges given were erroneous; that error was committed in failing to charge the jury on the law of the case.

The evidence is quite voluminous and is somewhat conflicting, but there is direct evidence legally…