Swift v. State

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree and after a trial by jury was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for which he was sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for a period of two to twenty-one years.

Appellant’s assigned error here relied on is that the court erred in overruling his motion for new trial.

To consider appellant’s first contention of error, i.e., that the verdict of the jury was not sustained by sufficient evidence, it is necessary that we review the evidence favorable to appellee to ascertain if there was substantial evidence upon which the verdict could rest.

It is…