Taylor v. State

Dawson Taylor was convicted of the offense of voluntary manslaughter, and he excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. We have carefully examined the voluminous record and the various assignments of error, and we find no reason for a reversal of the judgment of the learned trial judge who presided in the ease. The tragedy which resulted in a homicide had many circumstances which rendered it more than usually deplorable, but the evidence authorized the verdict, which has been stamped with the approval of the presiding judge. There is no ground for complaint in the conduct…