McFeeters v. State

In this case the plaintiff in error was convicted of manslaughter, for which offense he was informed against by the county solicitor of Dade county, following the death of a woman with whom he had maintained an improper alliance. The record shows the accused to have been a depraved person whose manner of living and whose general conduct was a reproach, to the community in which he lived and a disgrace to the profession to which he belonged, and it appears to us that the verdict of the jury was largely influenced by consideration of these facts.

It is well settled that a verdict of guilty…