Gladney v. State

Leon Gladney was indicted for murder. Upon the trial of the case the jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and fixed his punishment at not less than one year and not more than three years in the penitentiary. The defendant’s motion for a new trial based upon the usual general grounds and one special ground was overruled and he excepted.

*398It appears from one phase of the evidence that, on August 13, 1949, the defendant, who was serving as marshal of the town of Centralhatchee in Heard County, Georgia, was on duty when, at about 8:30 at night Thomas…