State v. Domingue

Tire defendant was indicted for murder and convicted of manslaughter. His appeal presents seven bills of exception.

I

Bills Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, are verbose and involved, but, nevertheless, they show that the defendant was skillfully endeavoring to introduce, in support of a plea of self-defense, evidence that the deceased was of a violent and dangerous character under circumstances such as those under which the homicide occurred.

The trial judge offered to allow the accused to show, if he could, the general reputation of the deceased for violence, but refused to allow evidence of his…