State v. Bickham

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Chester Johnson whom he stabbed fatally with a knife after Johnson struck him with his- fist following words between them in a Negro saloon. After hearing the evidence, the jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter and appellant was sentenced to serve 15 years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary, from which conviction and sentence he prosecuted this appeal. During the trial 28 bills of exceptions were reserved and appellant relies on 20 of these as grounds for reversal. 1 Some of the bills involve the same alleged error and…