Gillis v. State

1. Gillis ivas indicted for murder. There was ample testimony to have authorized his conviction of that offense. The jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and the trial judge refused a new trial. There was no error upon the trial. In so far as the numerous requests to charge were pertinent to the case, the principles involved were all embodied in the charge given, which is a model, as a’clear, explicit, accurate, and absolutely impartial exposition of the law. It is true that the language employed in some of these requests was not used in the court’s instructions, but the principle…