Seekers v. State

CARR, Judge.

On an indictment charging murder in the first degree the accused was convicted of murder in the second degree.

We will not delineate the tendencies of the evidence nor make any commenf thereon, except to say that the appellant admitted he shot and killed the deceased. In justification of his act he claimed self defense. Around this 'factual issue there appear conflicts in the evidence.

In his motion for a new trial the appellant unsuccessfully sought to have the verdict of the jury set aside on the ground, among others, that the 'bailiff in charge took the jury to a motion picture…