Stiles v. State

Jackson, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for the murder of William Crouch; he was found guilty of the offense of voluntary manslaughter; he moved for a new trial on the grounds stated in the record; the motion was overruled by the presiding judge, the defendant excepted, and the refusal to grant the new trial on all of the grounds in said motion is the error assigned.

1. The first ground is that the verdict was contrary to the evidence and the principles of justice, and without evidence to *185Sustain it. The facts, in substance, were as follows: The defendant and Crouch, and two other young men,…