State v. Huett

Under an information, charging murder, filed in the Circuit Court of Reynolds County, the appellant was convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the penitentiary in accordance with the verdict of the jury, and has appealed. He was represented below and is here by able counsel who have filed here an exhaustive brief in which the verdict and judgment are challenged on certain grounds therein set out and briefed. [1] We shall notice the grounds and contentions briefed and state the facts sufficiently for determination thereof, and, following our recent decision in…