Norton v. State

Joseph Norton, the appellant here, was indicted in the Parke Circuit Court for the murder of William *348H. Hensley. On his- application the venue was changed to the Vermillion Circuit Court, where the cause was tried at the February term, 1884, resulting-in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter and a sentence to the State’s prison for a term of twenty-one years.

The difficulty wh-ich culminated in the death of Hensley began while the parties, with others, were playing a game of billiards, and the fatal blow was inflicted upon Hensley’s head with a billiard cue.

Several questions were reserved during…