People v. Carlton

Ross, J.:

The defendant was indicted for manslaughter, and was convicted of that crime. Several errors are assigned by him on this appeal, but it will not be necessary for us to consider but one. The fact that defendant killed the deceased is not disputed ; but it is claimed on his behalf, that in so doing he acted in self-defense. On the trial, it had been shown in proof, that on the morning of the day of the homicide there had appeared in a newspaper published by the defendant an article extremely abusive of the deceased, and as tending to show that the deceased was not the aggressor in the…