Bradberry v. State

In the indictment Harvey Bradberry was charged with the murder of Frances Elder. He was placed on trial, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty, without a recommendation. A motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted.

The original motion for new trial consisted of the usual general grounds, and an amendment thereto was allowed. Exception was taken to the court’s refusal of a written request to give the following in charge to the jury: “Drunkenness of the defendant may be looked to by the jury to throw light upon the state of the defendant’s mind at the time of the killing, upon the…