Jones v. State

HARALSON, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

The appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree, tried and convicted for manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for five years.

As a defense she entered the pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.

It appears to the court that appellant in brief relies on two propositions for reversal in this case. First, that the court excused several jurors outside of the presence of the appellant in open court; and second, that the court erred in allowing state’s witness, Jesse M. York, a funeral…