Wallace v. State

Appellent was indicted for the murder of J. C. Wallace; was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the state penitentiary for fifteen years. He appeals.

The court admitted in evidence X-ray pictures showing the course of the bullet through, and the place of its lodgment in, the head of the deceased. Appellant says, that was reversible error because it was not shown, with sufficient certainty, the pictures were accurately made, nor that Dr. Frank Lea Butler, who explained them, to the jury, had the required skill and knowledge to interpret them. The evidence on these questions is that the…